THE PRETENDER
Reading edition
In deference to the opinion of the publishers the Author has consented to certain alterations being made in his work.
THE PRETENDER A Story of the Latin Quarter
BY ROBERT W. SERVICE Author of “Songs of a Sourdough,” “Trail of ’98,” etc.
NEW YORK DODD, MEAD & COMPANY 1914
Copyright, Canada, 1914 By ROBERT W. SERVICE VAIL-BALLOU COMPANY BINGHAMTON AND NEW YORK
THE PRETENDER
“Of Books and Scribes there are no end: This Plague—and who can doubt it? Dismays me so, I’ve sadly penned Another book about it.”