PLAYING WITH FIRE

BY AMELIA E. BARR

AUTHOR OF "ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE," "THE BOW OF ORANGE RIBBON," ETC.

"Truth is like water; the moment it stands it
stagnates; creeds are merely stagnant truth."

ILLUSTRATED BY
HOWARD HEATH

WILLIAM BRIGGS
TORONTO
1914

Copyright, 1914, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Printed in the United States of America

WITH SINCERE RESPECT AND EVERY GOOD WISH
I INSCRIBE THIS NOVEL
TO
WILLIAM JOHN MATHESON, ESQ.
OF HUNTINGTON, LONG ISLAND