HER SAILOR
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A Love Story
BY
MARSHALL SAUNDERS
AUTHOR OF “BEAUTIFUL JOE,” “ROSE À CHARLITTE,” “DEFICIENT SAINTS,” ETC.
“Now if you love the southern sea And pleasant summer weather; Come, let us mount this gallant ship, And sail away together.”
New York International Association of Newspapers and Authors 1901
Copyright, 1899 By L. C. Page and Company (INCORPORATED) George M. Hill Company Printers and Binders Chicago, Ill.
I DEDICATE THIS MY FIRST STORY TO MY MOST INDULGENT CRITIC, THE ONE WHO WILL HAVE MOST PATIENCE WITH ITS IMPERFECTIONS,—MY BELOVED MOTHER, Maria Kisborough Freeman Saunders OF HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA.