The Dust Flower

Transcriber’s Notes:

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Missing/extra quote marks were silently corrected, however, punctuation has not been changed to comply with modern standards. Inconsistency in hyphenation and accented words has also been retained.

Two deviations in paragraph-ending punctuation in the original book should be noted: on Page 14, the paragraph beginning, “Within, a toy entry led....” and on Page 42, “There was that about him....” Both paragraphs end with a comma and have been retained, although throughout the book a colon was used to end these types of paragraphs in which dialogue immediately followed.

Illustrations have been moved where necessary so that they are not in the middle of a paragraph.

THE DUST FLOWER

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Books By
BASIL KING

The Dust Flower
The Empty Sack
Going West
The City of Comrades
Abraham’s Bosom
The Lifted Veil
The Side of the Angels
The Letter of the Contract
The Way Home
The Wild Olive
The Inner Shrine
The Street Called Straight
Let No Man Put Asunder
In the Garden of Charity
The Steps of Honor
The High Heart

HARPER & BROTHERS
Established 1817

THEN SLOWLY, SLOWLY LETTY SANK ON HER KNEES, BOWING HER HEAD ON THE HANDS WHICH DREW HER CLOSER. [See p. 350]

The
DUST FLOWER

By BASIL KING
Author of
“THE EMPTY SACK” “THE INNER SHRINE” ETC.

With Illustrations by
HIBBARD V. B. KLINE

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Publishers
Harper & Brothers
New York and London
MCMXXII

THE DUST FLOWER

First Edition

H-W

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