BY MEREDITH NICHOLSON BLACKSHEEP! BLACKSHEEP! LADY LARKSPUR THE MADNESS OF MAY THE VALLEY OF DEMOCRACY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

Her "Very glad, I'm sure," was uttered with reservations


Blacksheep! Blacksheep! BY MEREDITH NICHOLSON ILLUSTRATED BY LESLIE L. BENSON NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1920

Maybe, in spite of their tameless days
Of outcast liberty,
They're sick at heart for the homely ways
Where their gathered brothers be.
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Meanwhile, "Blacksheep! Blacksheep!" we cry,
Safe in the inner fold;
And maybe they hear, and wonder why,
And marvel, out in the cold.
—Richard Burton.

Contents

CHAPTER ONE[3]
CHAPTER TWO[52]
CHAPTER THREE[105]
CHAPTER FOUR[153]
CHAPTER FIVE[202]
CHAPTER SIX[255]
CHAPTER SEVEN[306]

Illustrations

Her "Very glad, I'm sure," was uttered with reservations[Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
At the crack of the gun the fugitive stopped short[32]
"It's all right about you, Governor, but the kid better shake the tree"[112]
"We must be in a hurry or that woman will catch you"[234]