WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY JAY HAMBIDGE AND GEORGE VARIAN AND OTHERS Emblem NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO. 1903 Copyright, 1900, 1901, by The Century Co. Copyright, 1898, by S. S. McClure Co. Copyright, 1901, by Cleveland Moffett. ————— Published October, 1901 THE DEVINNE PRESS. DedicationI DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO MY TWO LITTLE CHILDREN ANNE EUNICE AND CLEVELAND LUSK IN LOVE AND THE HOPE THAT IT MAY HELP THEM, AS THEY GROW UP, TO FORM HABITS OF COURAGE AND USEFULNESS. AUGUST, 1901. C. M. |