AUTHOR OF
THE LEATHER PUSHERS, FIGHTING BLOOD, ETC.

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK

Copyright, 1920,
BY SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)

DEDICATED TO
ALLAN HENRY WITWER
MY SIX-YEAR-OLD DESCENDANT
WHO WEEPS BITTERLY WHEN
I READ MY YARNS ALOUD
TO HIS PATIENT
MOTHER
H. C. W.