By

Maud Wilder Goodwin

Author of "White Aprons," "Sir Christopher,"
"Four Roads to Paradise," etc.

Illustrated by Lester Ralph

To the Armed roues and

Maring

Boston

Little, Brown, and Company

BOLLER

LIBRAST

Copyright, 1909,

BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

All rights reserved.

Published September, 1909

Printers

S. J. PARKHILL & Co., BOSTON, U. S. A

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. IN WHICH I WIN AND WEAR A CROSS OF

III. WHICH TREATS CHIEFLY OF CHEESE .

IV. WHICH INTRODUCES A GREAT MAN

V. IN WHICH I ENTER A NEW WORLD

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IX. WHICH TREATS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT

EVENT OF MY LIFE.

X. WHICH TREATS OF A MELANCHOLY EVENT

XI. DEVOTED TO A CONVERSATION AND A

LETTER

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XIV. IN WHICH I HEAR BAD TIDINGS

XV. WHICH TREATS OF BLOODSHED

XVI. IN WHICH I AM TURNED OUT OF DOORS

XVII. WHICH TELLS OF MY JOURNEY TO LONDON

XVIII. CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF A STRANGE

MEETING

XIX. WHICH BRINGS MY STORY TO AN END

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