Front matter

ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR E. BECHER

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK :::::::::: 1915

Copyright, 1915, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

Published August, 1915

TO THOSE FRIENDS OF UNACQUAINTANCE AMONG HIS READERS WHO FROM TIME TO TIME EXPRESS, THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF KINDLY AND HEART-WARMING LETTERS, THEIR APPRECIATIVE SYMPATHY AND APPROVAL, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED, WITH GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FROM THE AUTHOR

There was time only for a mighty heave and shove.