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KINDRED OF THE DUST

BY

PETER B. KYNE

AUTHOR OF

CAPPY RICKS,THE VALLEY OF THE GIANTS,WEBSTER—MAN'S MAN, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY

DEAN CORNWELL

1920

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TO IRENE

MY DEAR, TYRANNICAL, PRACTICAL LITTLE FOSTER-SISTER

WITHOUT WHOSE AID AND COMFORT, HOOTS, CHEERS AND UNAUTHORIZED STRIKES,THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF MY ALLEGED LITERARY OUTPUT WOULD BEAPPRECIABLY DIMINISHED, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

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