Author of "The Count at Harvard," "Builders of United Italy," etc.

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GEORGE W. JACOBS & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1909, by
George W. Jacobs and Company
Published October, 1909

All rights reserved
Printed in U.S.A.

To
the dear memory
of
L.B.R.

The thanks of the author are due the Century Company for permission to reprint certain of these stories which appeared in Saint Nicholas in shorter form.