The Silent Barrier BY LOUIS TRACY AUTHOR OF CYNTHIA’S CHAUFFEUR, A SON OF THE IMMORTALS, THE WINGS OF THE MORNING, ETC. ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. V. MCFALL Page decorations by A. W. PARSONS from photographs by THE ENGADINE PRESS NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1908, 1911, by EDWARD J. CLODE Copyright, 1908, 1911, by Entered at Stationers’ Hall “Spare me one moment, Miss Wynton,” he said. Frontispiece Frontispiece CONTENTS The Wish The Fulfillment of the Wish Wherein Two People Become Better Acquainted Acquainted