BY
REINA MELCHER MARQUIS
NEW YORK AND LONDON D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1914
COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY Printed in the United States of America
TO MY HUSBAND
FOR WITHOUT HIS HEARTENING FAITH IN MY WORK, HIS GENEROUS SYMPATHY WITH IT, AND HIS DISCERNING CRITICISM OF IT, THIS BOOK WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN WRITTEN.
THE TORCH BEARER