Authors of "WIDE, WIDE WORLD," and "DOLLARS AND
CENTS," "WYCH HAZEL," etc.

_"Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise, therefore, and be doing; and the Lord be with thee."_2 Chronicles.

NEW YORK

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
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BY G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS,

1876.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.ON-DIT