Front matter

“IT WAS FOR ME––YOU WENT. DON’T YOU––DIDN’T YOU KNOW IT WAS––JUST BECAUSE OF YOU––THAT I WANTED THEM––AT––ALL?”

ONCE TO EVERY MAN

BY

LARRY EVANS

ILLUSTRATED BY

ANTON OTTO FISCHER

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS :: NEW YORK

Copyright, 1913, by The Metropolitan Magazine Company. Copyright, 1914, by The Metropolitan Magazine Company. Copyright, 1914, by The H. K. Fly Company.

TO MINE OWN PEOPLE

ILLUSTRATIONS

“It Was for Me––You Went. Don’t You––Didn’t You Know It Was––Just Because of You––That I Wanted Them––At––All?” Frontispiece

“Hold Me Tight––Oh! Hold Me Tighter! for They Forgot Me, Too, Denny; They Forgot Me Too!” 53

“Dryad, It’s All Right––It’s Always Been All Right––With Us! They Lied––They Lied and They Knew They Were Lying!” 85

“What You Need, Gentlemen, Is a Trifle Wider Readin’––Just a Trifle! for You Ain’t Bein’ Well Posted on Facts!” 149

ONCE TO EVERY MAN