OLD NEW YORK FALSE DAWN (The ’Forties) By EDITH WHARTON FALSE DAWN By EDITH WHARTON False Dawn The Old Maid The Spark New Year’s Day OLD NEW YORK THE OLD MAID OLD NEW YORK (The ’Fifties) BY EDITH WHARTON AUTHOR OF “THE AGE OF INNOCENCE,” ETC. DECORATIONS BY E. C. CASWELL D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK :: LONDON :: MCMXXIV COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY Copyright, 1922, by The Consolidated Magazines Corporation (The Red Book Magazine) PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA {1} {1} THE OLD MAID (The ’Fifties) PART I {2} {2} {3} {3} THE OLD MAID (The ’Fifties)