FRANCIS LYNDE

AUTHOR OF
THE TAMING OF RED BUTTE WESTERN,
THE CITY OF NUMBERED DAYS, ETC.

FRONTISPIECE BY
ARTHUR E. BECHER

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS ————— NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
Published April, 1918
Reprinted April, 1918

To the one who, more clearly than
any other, can best understand and
appreciate the motive for its writing,
this book is affectionately inscribed by
THE AUTHOR