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THE ADMIRABLE TINKER

CHILD OF THE WORLD

BY EDGAR JEPSON

Illustrated by
Margaret Eckerson

NEW YORK
McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
MCMIV

Copyright, 1904, by
McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
Published, March, 1904
Third Impression
COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY THE CURTIS PUBLISHING CO.

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