A Novel

By

Will N. Harben

Author of

"Abner Daniel" "Pole Baker"

"The Georgians" etc.

New York and London

Harper & Brothers Publishers

1906

Copyright, 1906, by Harper & Brothers.

All rights reserved.

Published September, 1906.

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To

William Dean Howells

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'I RECKON IT WAS THE DIVINE INTENTION FOR ME AND YOU TO HAVE THIS SECRET BETWEEN US'

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