E-text prepared by Stephen Schulze and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team 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 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 BE APPRECIABLY DIMINISHED, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED CONTENTS