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C. D. WILLIAMS
LOTHROP PUBLISHING
COMPANY BOSTON
COPYRIGHT,
1903,
By
LOTHROP
PUBLISHING
COMPANY.
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Published, January, 1903
TO "DOROTHY SOUTH," THE DEAR LITTLE WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN WIFE TO MEFOR THIRTY-FOUR YEARS, WHO HAS UNCONSCIOUSLY INSPIRED ALL MY WORK,AND WHOSE PERSONALITY, IN ITS SEVERAL PHASES, IT HAS BEEN MY LOVINGENDEAVOUR TO PORTRAY IN ALL THE STORIES I HAVE WRITTEN, I DEDICATETHIS BOOK WITH REVERENCE AND SOUL-FELT THANKS.
GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON.
Culross, October 18, 1902.