Front matter

BY

MARY JOHNSTON

AUTHOR OF "TO HAVE AND TO HOLD" AND "PRISONERS OF HOPE"

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY F.C. YOHN

BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1902

COPYRIGHT, 1901, 1902, BY MARY JOHNSTON COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Published February, 1902

Books by Mary Johnston.

AUDREY. With Illustrations in color. Crown 8vo, $1.50 PRISONERS OF HOPE. With Frontispiece. Crown 8vo, $1.50. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD. With 8 Illustrations by HOWARD PYLE, E.B. THOMPSON, A.W. BETTS, and EMLEN McCONNELL. Crown 8vo, $1.50.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN & CO. BOSTON AND NEW YORK.

GAZED WITH WIDE-OPEN EYES AT THE INTRUDER (page 106)

TO ELOISE, ANNE, AND ELIZABETH