THE FALSE GODS

BY
GEORGE HORACE LORIMER

Author of "Letters from a Self-made Merchant to His Son"

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D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK
1906

Copyright, 1906, by George Horace Lorimer

Copyright, 1906, by D. Appleton and Company

Entered at Stationer's Hall, London

Published April, 1906

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To A.V.L.

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CONTENTS

page
[ I.] 1
[ II.] 11
[ III.] 21
[ IV.] 33
[ V.] 39
[ VI.] 51
[ VII.] 59
[ VIII.] 69
[ IX.] 77
[ X.] 81

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

["Then ... the arms crushed him against the stone breast."]Frontispiece
["'Aw, fergit it.'"]4
["'She's the Real Thing.'"]24
["Suddenly she felt him coming, and turned."]56