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Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in the originaldocument have been preserved.
BOOKS BY KATHARINE HOLLAND BROWN
PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
| THE HALLOWELL PARTNERSHIP. 12mo | net, $1.00 |
| THE MESSENGER. 16mo | net, .50 |
| PHILIPPA AT HALCYON. Illustrated. 12mo | $1.50 |
THEHALLOWELL PARTNERSHIP
THE HALLOWELL
PARTNERSHIP
BY
KATHARINE HOLLAND BROWN
AUTHOR OF "PHILIPPA AT HALCYON," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1912
Copyright, 1912, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
Published October, 1912
To
THE HOUSE OF THE BROWN THRUSH
The author wishes to acknowledge the courtesyof The Youth's Companion, in permittingthis publication of "The Hallowell Partnership."
ILLUSTRATIONS
Marian could only lie by the fire and tease Empressand fret the endless hours away | Frontispiece |
| FACING PAGE | |
On the edge of the opposite bank stood the quaintest,prettiest group that her eyes had ever beheld | 62 |
"Well, Captain Lathrop!" Commodore McCloskey'svoice rang merciless and clear | 138 |
Marian was on her knees by his chair, clasping hiscold hands in her own | 234 |
The Hallowell Partnership
CHAPTER I
WHEN SLOW-COACH GOT HIS FIGHTINGCHANCE
"Rod!"
No answer.
"Rod, what did that messenger boy bring? Aspecial-delivery letter? Is it anything interesting?"Marian Hallowell pushed Empress fromher knee and turned on her pillows to look atRoderick, her brother, who sat absorbed and silentat his desk.
Roderick did not move. Only Empress cockeda topaz eye, and rubbed her orange-tawny headagainst Marian's chair.
"Rod, why don't you answer me?" Marian'sthin hands twitched. A sharp, fretted line deepenedacross her pretty, girlish forehead. It wasnot a pleasant line to see. And through her long,slow con