Transcriber's Notes:
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The cover page was created by the transcriber and can be considered public domain.
"'Cast me not off in the time of old age, forsake me not when my strength faileth.'"
THE PRAYING SKIPPER
AND OTHER STORIES
BY
RALPH D. PAINE
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
THE OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY
1906