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COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

PUBLISHED JANUARY, 1917
REPRINTED FEBRUARY, 1917
REPRINTED MARCH, 1917

PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
PHILADELPHIA, U.S. A.

THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY

DEDICATED TO MY MOTHER

G. W.

ILLUSTRATIONS

AND THEN, SIMPLY BECAUSE HE COULDN'T HELP IT
ANY LONGER, HE FOUND HIMSELF LOOKING
DEEPLY INTO MARY'S EYES........Frontispiece
"WHY MARY SHOULDN'T MARRY" WAS THE PROMIS-
ING TITLE, WRITTEN IN MISS MYRA'S SPIDERY
HANDWRITING..

"You Do LOOK SWEET TO-NIGHT," WHISPERED
WILLIAM. "LISTEN," SAID MARY. "ISN'T THAT
BEAUTIFUL?

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"OH, DEAR!" SHE THOUGHT IN SUDDEN ALARM, "WHAT'S HE DOING THAT FOR?"

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"JUST LOOK AT THIS GREAT, SULKY THING HERE, HIS BOTTOM LIP STUCK OUT TILL HE NEARLY STEPS ON IT.".............

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"MARY," HE SAID IN

Low VOICE, "LISTEN! I

WANT TO WHISPERMETHING.”.

137

THE JUDGE WEnt to the Safe AND TOOK FROM IT
AN ENVELOPE ADDRESSED IN MISS MYRA'S
SPIDERY HANDWRITING....

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