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Title: The Ten-foot Chain
or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? A Unique Symposium
Author: Achmed Abdullah
Max Brand
E. K. Means
P. P. Sheehan
Release Date: June 27, 2010 [EBook #32996]
Language: English
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THE TEN-FOOT CHAIN
OR CAN LOVE SURVIVE THE SHACKLES?
[Illustration: "WHEN I LOOK INTO YOUR FACE THE SUN RISES AND THE BOAT OF
MY LIFE ROCKS ON THE DANCING WAVES OF PASSION."]
THE
TEN-FOOT CHAIN
OR
CAN LOVE SURVIVE
THE SHACKLES?
A UNIQUE SYMPOSIUM
BY
ACHMED ABDULLAH
MAX BRAND
E. K. MEANS
P. P. SHEEHAN
REYNOLDS PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.
NEW YORK
1920
_Copyright 1920_
REYNOLDS PUB. CO. Inc.
_Copyright 1920_
THE FRANK A. MUNSEY CO.
CONTENTS
PAGE
INTRODUCTION 11
FIRST TALE
AN INDIAN JATAKA 17
_By Achmed Abdullah_
SECOND TALE
OUT OF THE DARK 45
_By Max Brand_
THIRD TALE
PLUMB NAUSEATED 81
_By E. K. Means_
FOURTH TALE
PRINCESS OR PERCHERON 127
_By Perley P. Sheehan_
_INTRODUCTION_
Some time ago I was dining with four distinguished writers. Needless to
say where two or three authors are gathered together with a sympathetic
editor in their midst, the flood-gates of fancy are opened wide.
In an inspired moment, Dr. Means tossed this "tremendous trifle" into
the center of the table: "What mental and emotional reaction would a man
and a woman undergo, linked together by a ten-foot chain, for three days
and nights?" The query precipitated an uproar.
Captain Abdullah stepped into the arena at once, and with that elan of
the heart, which i
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