BY FRANCIS LYNDE ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR E. BECHER CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK :::::::::: 1915 Copyright , 1915, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS Published August, 1915

TO
THOSE FRIENDS OF UNACQUAINTANCE
AMONG HIS READERS
WHO FROM TIME TO TIME EXPRESS, THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF
KINDLY AND HEART-WARMING LETTERS,
THEIR APPRECIATIVE SYMPATHY AND APPROVAL,
THIS BOOK
IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED,
WITH GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FROM
THE AUTHOR

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There was time only for a mighty heave and shove.

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