NEW FACES

BY

MYRA KELLY

AUTHOR OF "LITTLE CITIZENS" "WARDS OF LIBERTY" "THE ISLE OF DREAMS" "ROSNAH" "THE GOLDEN SEASON" "LITTLE ALIENS"

Illustrations by

CHARLES F. NEAGLE

G.W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Copyright, 1910, By G.W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY

NEW FACES

"THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT," HE RETORTED. "SHE KNOWS THAT I SHALL MARRY HER."

"Oh give me new faces, new faces, new faces

I have seen those about me a fortnight or more.

Some people grow weary of names or of places

But faces to me are a much greater bore."

Andrew Lang.

CONTENTS

 "THE PLAY'S THE THING" THERE'S DANGER IN NUMBERS MISERY LOVES COMPANY. THE CHRISTMAS GUEST "WHO IS SYLVIA?" THE SPIRIT OF CECELIA ANNE THEODORA, GIFT OF GOD GREAT OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS 

ILLUSTRATIONS

 "There's no question about it," he retorted. "She knows that I shall marry her." Burgess gained an interest and an occupation more absorbing than he had found for many years Uncle Richard's face, as he met John's eyes, was a study She swooped under the large center table, dragging Patty with her The changeless smile and the drooping plumes 

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