Transcriber's Note: Typo "gantlet" was replaced with "gauntlet" but all other spelling was retained as it appeared in the original text.

"HE WAS A NOTICEABLY HANDSOME FIGURE AS HE SAT ALONE IN THE BOX"

[See p. 31]

THE

LIGHT OF THE STAR

A Novel

BY

HAMLIN GARLAND

AUTHOR OF "HESPER"