The Rose in the Ring
The Rose in the Ring
George Barr McCutcheon
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His audience was fairly hanging on his words
(Page 190)
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THE
ROSE IN THE RING
Author of "Beverly of Graustark,"
"Truxton King," etc.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
A. I. KELLER
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1910
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Copyright, 1910, by
Dodd, Mead and Company
Published, September, 1910
THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
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CONTENTS
Chapter Page I—The Fugitive 1 II—In the Dressing Tent 18 III—David enters the Sawdust Ring 40 IV—A Stranger appears on the Scene 55 V—Something about the Braddocks 77 VI—David Jenison's Story 96 VII—The Brothers Cronk 117 VIII—An Invitation to Supper 133 IX—A Thief in the Night 152 X—Love wings a Timid Dart 168 XI—Artful Dick goes Visiting 185 XII—In which Many Things happen 199 XIII—The Sale 221
I—The Daughter of Colonel Grand 238 II—The Stranger at the Hall 256 III—The Man Who Served His Time 275 IV—The Delivery of a Telegram 295 V—The Love that was Staunch 310 VI—Door-steps 329 VII—Tom Braddock's Promise 345 VIII—Colonel Grand and the Cronks 367 IX—In the Little Triangular "Square" 388 X—The Black Headlines 409
ILLUSTRATIONS
His audience was fairly hanging on his words (Page 190) Frontispiece "It is my money!" cried David Facing page 44 Her lips parted in amazement, tremulously struggling into a smile of wonder and unbelief {{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„ 318 "This is the one, great, solitary hour in your life" {{{1}}}„{{{1}}}„ 362
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