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THE DESIRE OF THE MOTH AND THE COME ON

BY EUGENE MANLOVE RHODES

ILLUSTRATIONS BY H.T. DUNN

ILLUSTRATIONS

They were riding hard

"Gentlemen—be seated!"

THE DESIRE OF THE MOTH

Chapter I

"Little Next Door—her years are few—
Loves me, more than her elders do;
Says, my wrinkles become me so;
Marvels much at the tales I know.
Says, we shall marry when she is grown——"