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To
AMOS
ESNESTO AND SANDRO


CONTENTS

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MORTMAIN[1]
THE RESCUE OF THEOPHILUS NEWBEGIN[65]
THE VAGABOND[109]
THE MAN HUNT[131]
NOT AT HOME[239]
A STUDY IN SOCIOLOGY[251]
THE LITTLE FELLER[269]
RANDOLPH, '64[275]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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"'The problem, gentlemen, of limb-grafting has been solved!'"[Frontispiece]
"Mortmain . . . lay motionless on the floor"[22]
"His blunt fingers twisted into the flesh deeper and deeper"[56]
"She . . . studied the faces alternately"[156]
"The distinguished Flynn burst into a deluge of oratory"[262]
"He caught sight of the waiting Maria"[266]
"'Back,' he shouted"[296]