The Trumpeter Swan By TEMPLE BAILEY Author of "The Tin Soldier" "Contrary Mary"
"Mistress Anne" "Glory of Youth" Sonus ex nubibus te revocabit a mundo
A sound from the clouds shall call thee from this earth Illustrated by
ALICE BARBER STEPHENS THE PENN PUBLISHING
COMPANY PHILADELPHIA
1920 COPYRIGHT
1920 BY
THE PENN
PUBLISHING
COMPANY

CHAPTERPAGE
[I. A Major and Two Minors]7
[II. Stuffed Birds]33
[III. A Wolf in the Forest]61
[IV. Rain and Randy's Soul]88
[V. Little Sister]108
[VI. Georgie-Porgie]127
[VII. Mademoiselle Midas]147
[VIII. Ancestors]161
[IX. "T. Branch"]181
[X. A Gentleman's Lie]214
[XI. Wanted—a Pedestal]245
[XII. Indian—Indian]263
[XIII. The Whistling Sally]289
[XIV. The Dancer on the Moor]313
[XV. The Trumpeter Swan]333
[XVI. The Conqueror]361
ILLUSTRATIONSPAGE
["When I am Married Will You Sound Your Trumpet High Up Near the Moon?"]Frontispiece
["It's So Heavenly to Have You Home"]9
[Becky Drew A Sharp Breath—Then Faced Dalton Squarely—"I Am Going to Marry Randy"]143
["Oh, Oh," She Whispered, "You Don't Know How I Have Wanted You"]257

THE TRUMPETER SWAN

CHAPTER I

A MAJOR AND TWO MINORS

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