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THE THIRD DEGREE

A Narrative of Metropolitan Life

By CHARLES KLEIN AND ARTHUR HORNBLOW

Authors of the novel THE LION AND THE MOUSE

Illustrations by CLARENCE ROWE

GROSSET & DUNLAP Publishers :: New York

Copyright, 1909, by
G. W. Dillingham Company