Front matter

“Luck to you miss,” said the man, “an’ may you never need a drink as bad’s I do now!”

Steeve stooped and slid his hands under her arms, and lifted her till her face was level with his, and kissed her full on the lips.

BY BLOW AND KISS

The Love Story of a Man with a

Bad Name. (Published serially under

the title Unstable as Water).

BY

BOYD CABLE

By manhood blood of birth and brood,

That loves the fight that wins to love;

By breath we drew of woman, too,

That sets the prize aught else above;

By that and this, by blow and kiss,

By Nature beaten to her knees,

The prize that’s wet with blood and sweat

Lies closer to the heart for these.

HODDER AND STOUGHTON

LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO

Printed in 1914

BY BLOW AND KISS.