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THE BRONZE BELL
By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
1909
To
F. E. Z.
Chatelaine of Juniper Lodge
This story is dedicated by one to whom her hospitality, transplanted from its Kentucky home, will ever remain a charming memory.
[Illustration: "NOT ONCE DID HE LOOK BACK WHILE AMBER WATCHED—HIMSELF
DIVIDED BETWEEN AMUSEMENT, ANNOYANCE, AND ASTONISHMENT" (PAGE 14)]