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Title: The Thunders of Silence

Author: Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb

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_The Thunders of Silence_

BY IRVIN S. COBB

FICTION

THOSE TIMES AND THESE
LOCAL COLOR
OLD JUDGE PRIEST
FIBBLE, D.D.
BACK HOME
THE ESCAPE OF MR. TRIMM

WIT AND HUMOR

"SPEAKING OF OPERATIONS----"
EUROPE REVISED
ROUGHING IT DE LUXE
COBB'S BILL OF FARE
COBB'S ANATOMY

MISCELLANY

THE THUNDERS OF SILENCE
"SPEAKING OF PRUSSIANS----"
PATHS OF GLORY

GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
NEW YORK

[Illustration: THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE A MIGHTY PATIENT LOT.]

_The Thunders
of Silence_

By
_Irvin S. Cobb_

Author of "Paths of Glory," "Speaking
of Prussians----," etc.

ILLUSTRATED

[Illustration]

New York
George H. Doran Company

COPYRIGHT, 1918,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

_ILLUSTRATIONS_

The American people are a mighty patient lot. _Frontispiece_

PAGE

The lone wolf wasn't a lone wolf any longer. He had a pack
to rally about him 16

That's the thing he feeds on--Vanity 32

He may or may not keep faith but you can bet he always
keeps a scrap-book 48

_The Thunders of Silence_

Some people said Congressman Mallard had gone mad. These were his
friends, striving out of the goodness of their hearts to put the best
face on what at best was a lamentable situation. Some said he was a
traitor to his country. These were his enemies, personal, political
and journalisti