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THE INDISCREET LETTER

BY

ELEANOR HALLOWELL ABBOTT

AUTHOR OF MOLLY MAKE BELIEVE, THE SICK-A-BED LADY, ETC., ETC.

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1915


THE INDISCREET LETTER

The Railroad Journey was very long and slow. The Traveling Salesman was rather short and quick. And the Young Electrician who lolled across the car aisle was neither one length nor another, but most inordinately flexible, like a suit of chain armor.