Thirty

by Howard Vincent O'Brien

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THIRTY

BY HOWARD VINCENT O'BRIEN

Author of "New Men for Old."

Illustrated by ROBERT W. AMICK

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1915

Copyright. 1915
By DODD MEAD & COMPANY

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TO
MY MOTHER
WHO SOUGHT ALWAYS TO MAKE ME LOVE THE
TRUTH, THOUGH KNOWING THAT MY TRUTH
WOULD NOT, IN THE NATURE OF
THINGS, BE HERS.