THE SECOND FIDDLE BY PHYLLIS BOTTOME Author of "The Dark Tower," "The Derelict and Other Stories," etc. Author of "The Dark Tower," "The Derelict and Other Stories," etc. ILLUSTRATED BY NORMAN PRICE NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO. 1917 Copyright, 1917, by The Century Co. The Century Published, October, 1917 TO MARGUERITE and LILIAN TWO SISTERS WHO, ALIKE IN JOY AND SORROW, ARE A LIGHT TO THEIR FRIENDS and "Then have the kindness to inform me ... why Marian has consented to marry me." LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE SECOND FIDDLE CHAPTER I On the whole, Stella preferred the Cottage Dairy Company to the People's Restaurant. It was a shade more expensive, but if you ate less and liked it more, that was your own affair. You were waited on with more arrogance and less speed, but you made up for that artistically by an evasion of visible grossness. Stella had never gone very much further than a ham sandwich in either place. You knew where you were with a ham sandwich, and you could disguise it with mustard. On this occasion she took a cup of tea and made her meal an amalgamation. She hoped to leave work early, and she would have no time
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