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THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS BEST LAID SCHEMES THE MAN IN THE STREET BLACKSHEEP! BLACKSHEEP! LADY LARKSPUR THE MADNESS OF MAY THE VALLEY OF DEMOCRACY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS
THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS
BY MEREDITH NICHOLSON
NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 1923
Copyright, 1923, by CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS Copyright, 1923, by THE INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE CO. Printed in the United States of America Published October, 1923

TO FRANK SCOTT COREY WICKS
“Only themselves understand themselves, and the like of themselves, As Souls only understand Souls.”
THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS
THE HOPE OF HAPPINESS