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Title: Dross

Author: Henry Seton Merriman

Release Date: January 1, 2007 [eBook #20243]

Language: English

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DROSS

by

HENRY SETON MERRIMAN

Author of
"With Edged Tools," "The Sowers," Etc.

[Illustration: I WAS MAKING PRETENCE, IN A SHALLOW WAY NO DOUBT, TO
STUDY THE PAPERS ON THE TABLE. AND LUCILLE STANDING BEFORE MY DESK WAS
LOOKING DOWN AT MY BENT HEAD, NOTING PERHAPS THE GREY HAIRS THERE.
THUS WE REMAINED FOR A MINUTE IN SILENCE.]

Herbert S. Stone & Co.
Chicago and New York
MDCCCXCIX
Copyright, MDCCCXCVI
by Herbert S. Stone & Company

CONTENTS

Chapter Page

I. Mushrooms 1
II. Monsieur 13
III. Madame 25
IV. Disqualified 36
V. C'est la Vie 49
VI. A Glimpse of Home 60
VII. In Provence 72
VIII. In Paris 83
IX. Finance 95
X. The Golden Spoon 107
XI. Theft 118
XII. Ruin 130
XIII. The Shadow Again 141
XIV. A Little Cloud 153
XV. Flight 165
XVI. Exile 177
XVII. On the Track 189
XVIII. A Dark Horse 201
XIX. Sport 213
XX. Underhand 223
XXI. Checkmate