THE FOOLISH LOVERS
BY
ST. JOHN G. ERVINE
New York
1920
TO MY MOTHER
who asked me to write a story without any "Bad words" in it;
and
TO MRS. J. O. HANNAY
who asked me to write a story without any "Sex" in it.
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE FOOLISH LOVERS
Why, 'tis an office of discovery, love!
The Merchant of Venice.
Love unpaid does soon disband.
ANDREW MARVELL
THE FIRST CHAPTER
I