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By

ROBERT W. CHAMBERS

ILLUSTRATED BY

EDMUND FREDERICK

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK AND LONDON: MCMXIV

Copyright, 1914, by

ROBERT W. CHAMBERS

Copyright, 1913, by Harper's Bazaar, Inc. Copyright, 1914, by The Star Co.

Printed in the United States of America

TO

PENELOPE SEARS

DEBUTANTE

To rhyme your name

With something lovely, fresh and young,

And sing the same

In measures heretofore unsung,

Is far beyond me, I'm afraid;

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