Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber's Notes: Blank pages have been eliminated. Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original. A few typographical errors have been corrected. The cover page was created by the transcriber and can be considered public domain.
"'Cast me not off in the time of old age, forsake me not when my strength faileth.'"
THE PRAYING SKIPPER AND OTHER STORIES
BY
RALPH D. PAINE
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK THE OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY 1906
Copyright, 1903, 1905, by Chas. Scribner's Sons Copyright, 1904, by The Century Co. Copyright, 1905, by The Outing Publishing Co. Copyright, 1906, by McClure, Phillips & Co.
Copyright, 1906, by The Outing Publishing Co.
Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, England
All rights reserved
THE OUTING PRESS DEPOSIT, N. Y.