A Novel
By
Will N. Harben
Author of
"Abner Daniel" "Pole Baker"
"The Georgians" etc.
New York and London
Harper & Brothers Publishers
1906
Copyright, 1906, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved.
Published September, 1906.
To
William Dean Howells
'I RECKON IT WAS THE DIVINE INTENTION FOR ME AND YOU TO HAVE THIS SECRET BETWEEN US'