Copyright, 1905, by
The Century Co.
Published October, 1905
THE DEVINNE PRESS
TO MY THREE "LADY-FRIENDS"
Happy, fortunate Minnie; Bessie, of gentle memory; and that other, silent figure in the tragedy of Failure, the long-lost, erring Eunice, with the hope that, if she still lives, her eye may chance to fall upon this page, and reading the message of this book, she may heed.