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In deference to the opinion of the publishers the Author has consented to certain alterations being made in his work.

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A Story of the Latin Quarter

BY
ROBERT W. SERVICE
Author of “Songs of a Sourdough,” “Trail
of ’98,” etc.

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
1914

Copyright, Canada, 1914
By ROBERT W. SERVICE
VAIL-BALLOU COMPANY
BINGHAMTON AND NEW YORK

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“Of Books and Scribes there are no end: