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A Novel
By
Will N. Harben
Author of
"Abner Daniel" "Pole Baker"
"The Georgians" etc.
New York and London
Harper & Brothers Publishers
1906
Copyright, 1906, by _Harper & Brothers_.
_All rights reserved._
Published September, 1906.
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To
William Dean Howells
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[Illustration: _'I RECKON IT WAS THE DIVINE INTENTION FOR ME AND YOU TO
HAVE THIS SECRET BETWEEN US'_]
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CONTENTS
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV
XVI
XVII
XVIII
XIX
XX
XXI
XXII
XXIII
XXIV
XXV
XXVI
XXVII
XXVIII
XXIX
XXX
XXXI
XXXII
XXXIII
XXXIV
XXXV
XXXVI
XXXVII
XXXVIII
XXXIX
XL
XLI
XLII
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