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AT THE SIGN OF THE FOX
AT THE SIGN OF THE FOX
A Romance
BY BARBARA
AUTHOR OF “THE GARDEN OF A COMMUTER’S WIFE,” “PEOPLE OF THE WHIRLPOOL,” AND “THE WOMAN ERRANT”
NEW YORK HURST & CO. PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1905, By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and electrotyped. Published July, 1905. Reprinted August, September, December, 1905; March, 1912.
Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
This Book is for the Brave
PRATE NOT TO ME OF WEAKLINGS, WHO LAMENT THIS LIFE AND NOUGHT ACHIEVE, I HYMN THE VAST AND VALIANT CREW OF THOSE WHO HAVE SCANT TIME TO GRIEVE, FIRM SET THEIR FORTUNES TO RETRIEVE, THEY SING FOR LUCK A LUSTY STAVE, THE WORLD’S STANCH WORKERS, BY YOUR LEAVE— THIS IS THE BALLADE OF THE BRAVE! —RICHARD BURTON.