AUTHOR OF "DOROTHY SOUTH," "A CAROLINA CAVALIER," ETC.
Illustrated by
C. D. WILLIAMS
LOTHROP PUBLISHING
COMPANY BOSTON
COPYRIGHT,
1903,
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Published, January, 1903
TO "DOROTHY SOUTH," THE DEAR LITTLE WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN WIFE TO ME FOR THIRTY-FOUR YEARS, WHO HAS UNCONSCIOUSLY INSPIRED ALL MY WORK, AND WHOSE PERSONALITY, IN ITS SEVERAL PHASES, IT HAS BEEN MY LOVING ENDEAVOUR TO PORTRAY IN ALL THE STORIES I HAVE WRITTEN, I DEDICATE THIS BOOK WITH REVERENCE AND SOUL-FELT THANKS.
GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON.
Culross, October 18, 1902.
