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A NOVEL
BY CHARLES STOKES WAYNE
JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK AND LONDON MCMV
Copyright, 1904 By Charles Stokes Wayne Copyright, 1905 By John Lane
SET UP AND ELECTROTYPED BY WILLIAM G. HEWITT, NEW YORK CITY, U.S.A. PRINTED BY THE CAXTON PRESS, NEW YORK CITY, U.S.A.
TO MY WIFE WHO, AS THE INSPIRATION, EXCITED THE IMPULSE AND FURNISHED THE INCENTIVE FOR ITS PRODUCTION, THIS TALE IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED