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THE SHIELD OF SILENCE BY HARRIET T. COMSTOCK AUTHOR OF JOYCE OF THE NORTH WOODS, Etc. FRONTISPIECE BY GEORGE LOUGHRIDGE GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
Made in the United States of America
COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.
TO MY SON PHILIP S. COMSTOCK "We will grasp the hands of men and women; and slowly holding one another's hands we will work our way upwards."
"Joan rose from her self-appointed task. She looked at Thornton and throbbed with hate—but as she looked her mood again changed—she felt such pity as she had never known in her life before."
