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Title: Glory of Youth

Author: Temple Bailey

Illustrator: Henry Hutt
C. S. Corson

Release Date: August 10, 2007 [EBook #22292]

Language: English

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[Illustration: HE IMPRISONED THE SMALL HAND]

GLORY OF
YOUTH

BY
TEMPLE BAILEY

AUTHOR OF
CONTRARY MARY

ILLUSTRATED BY
HENRY HUTT and C. S. CORSON

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

Made in the United States of America

[Illustration: Publishers mark]

First printing, August, 1913 Second printing, February, 1916 Third
printing February, 1917 Fourth printing August, 1919

Manufacturing Plant

Camden, N. J.

The Glory of Youth

_To
My Mother_

Contents

I. BETTINA 9

II. IN THE SHADOWY ROOM 21

III. IN WHICH DIANA REAPS 36

IV. WHITE LILACS 51

V. IN WHICH BETTINA DANCES 64

VI. "FOR EVERY MAN THERE IS JUST ONE WOMAN" 80

VII. HARBOR LIGHT 94

VIII. THE EMPTY HOUSE 105

IX. THE GOLDEN AGE 116

X. STORM SIGNALS 127

XI. THE WHITE MAIDEN 141

XII. YOUTH AND BEAUTY 155

XIII. HER LETTER TO ANTHONY 170

XIV. THE LITTLE SILVER RING 185

XV. IN WHICH BETTINA FLIES 199

XVI. VOICES IN THE DARK 213

XVII. GLORY OF YOUTH 227

XVIII. PENANCE 242

XIX. HER FATHER'S RING 257

XX. THE "GRAY GULL" 272

XXI. BROKEN WINGS 285

XXII. THE ENCHANTE