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Title: Thirty

Author: Howard Vincent O'Brien

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THIRTY

by

HOWARD VINCENT O'BRIEN

Author of "New Men for Old."

Illustrated by Robert W. Amick

New York
Dodd, Mead and Company
1915

Copyright. 1915
By Dodd Mead & Company

TO
MY MOTHER
WHO SOUGHT ALWAYS TO MAKE ME LOVE THE
TRUTH, THOUGH KNOWING THAT MY TRUTH
WOULD NOT, IN THE NATURE OF
THINGS, BE HERS.

[Illustration: "What right have you to put such impudent questions to
us, anyway?" he demanded hotly]

CONTENTS

I AN UNINVITED GUEST

II A BLOW--AND A RESOLUTION

III "YOU DON'T KNOW MR. IMRIE"

IV OIL AND WATER

V A SLEEPER WAKES

VI DEAD IDOLS

VII "IF PEOPLE ONLY _KNEW_!"

VIII THE GREATEST GAME IN THE WORLD

IX BURNED BRIDGES

X A BLUFF CALLED

XI "TEARS ... AND THEN ICE"

XII ONLY A WOMAN

XIII THE PILOT GOES OVERBOARD

XIV A SECRET REVEALED

XV "THIRTY"--AND ANOTHER STORY

ILLUSTRATIONS

"What right have you to put such impudent questions to us, anyway?" he
demanded hotly.

It was hard to refuse Imrie--a million times harder than all the rest

"I say, you know," he said between puffs, "business is
the--greatest--game--in the world"

The air was surcharged with expectancy

THIRTY

CHAPTER I

AN UNINVITED GUEST

Roger Wynrod was the first