ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM DRAWINGS IN COLOR BY HARRY C. EDWARDS
| "'Beatrix?' he said" | [Frontispiece] |
| "'Can't you make any sort of an excuse for yourself, Sidney?' she demanded" | Page [123] |
| "It was so that Thayer liked best to think of her" | " [205] |
| "Beatrix still sat at the disordered table" | " [245] |
| "'I believe I might as well ask you now'" | " [339] |
THE DOMINANT STRAIN
CHAPTER ONE
Beatrix smiled a little wearily. Intimate friends are sometimes cloying, and she felt a certain irritation rising within her, as she watched Sally's bright face under her French toque, and listened to the easy stream of chatter which issued from Sally's lips. Sally had never faced such a crisis as the one confronting Beatrix, that day. Moreover, she had dimples, and it was impossible to believe in the sympathy of a person whose dimples insisted upon coming into sight, even in the midst of serious discussion.