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Title: Cinderella Jane

Author: Marjorie Benton Cooke

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Language: English

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CINDERELLA JANE

by

MARJORIE BENTON COOKE

[Illustration: CINDERELLA JANE]

* * * * *

_Books by the Same Author_

BAMBI
DR. DAVID
THE DUAL ALLIANCE
THE GIRL WHO LIVED IN THE WOODS

* * * * *

CINDERELLA JANE

by

MARJORIE BENTON COOKE

Author of "Bambi," "The Girl Who Lived In The Woods," Etc.

[Illustration]

With Frontispiece in Colors

A. L. Burt Company
Publishers
New York
Published by Arrangement with Doubleday, Page & Company

Copyright, 1917, by
Doubleday, Page & Company

[Illustration: CINDERELLA JANE]

CHAPTER I

It was the Pageant of the Prophets which gave Jerry Paxton his first
chance. There were several links in the primrose chain of fortune which
led him from the first opportunity to the last. The first and most
important may be said to have been Mrs. Abercrombie Brendon, who opened
her house for a portrait exhibition. She had an eye for men as well as
for art, so when handsome Jerry appeared, she annexed him. The second
link was Jerry's sense of dramatic values, which