---And always she was a friend, nothing but the dear friend.A TOP-FLOOR IDYL
BY GEORGE VAN SCHAICK
Author of "Sweetapple Cove," "The Son of the Otter," "The Girl at Big Loon Post"
ILLUSTRATED BY
CHASE EMERSON
BOSTON
SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1917,
BY SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)
PRINTERS
S. J. PARKHILL & CO., BOSTON, U.S.A.
TO
MY DEARLY LOVED SISTER
ELISE