Front matter
Reading edition
Books by
CLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLAND
Mark Tidd in Egypt
Mark Tidd in Italy
Mark Tidd
Mark Tidd in the Backwoods
Mark Tidd in Business
Mark Tidd’s Citadel
Mark Tidd, Editor
Mark Tidd, Manufacturer
Catty Atkins, Bandmaster
Catty Atkins
Catty Atkins, Riverman
Catty Atkins, Sailorman
Catty Atkins, Financier
HARPER & BROTHERS
Established 1817
THE HAND CAME CLOSER AND CLOSER
MARK TIDD MANUFACTURER
BY
CLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLAND
AUTHOR OF
“MARK TIDD” “MARK TIDD IN THE BACKWOODS”
“MARK TIDD’S CITADEL” “MARK TIDD, EDITOR” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
Mark Tidd, Manufacturer
Copyright, 1918, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
ILLUSTRATIONS
The Hand Came Closer and Closer
“If You’ll Look Where I’m Pointin’ You’ll See a Door. It Leads Outside”
“I’ll Bet He Thought the Whole Bunch of His Ribs Was Plumb Caved In”
“You Won’t Never Get Our Dam Till We Say So”