A Melody in Silver by Keene Abbott
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A Melody in Silver
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Title: A Melody in Silver
Author: Keene Abbott
Release Date: May 22, 2006 [EBook #18434]
Language: English
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A MELODY IN SILVER
By KEENE ABBOTT
BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1911
COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY KEENE ABBOTT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published April 1911
CONTENTS
I. THE LOST CAUSE 1
II. RUE AND ROSEMARY 14
III. THE WORLD'S END 20
IV. DEAD SEA FRUIT 30
V. THE MUG OF WOE 43
VI. "FAV-VER" 52
VII. AS A FOUNTAIN IN THE DESERT 66
VIII. THE GONE-AWAY LADY 75
IX. THE CRIME OF DAVID 86
X. THE NIP OF GUILT 97
XI. APOTHEOSIS 104
XII. LIGHT 113
XIII. THE SUBSTITUTE 125
XIV. SKY BLOSSOMS 142
CHAPTER I
THE LOST CAUSE
David had a suspicion. He did not know it was that, but that is what it was. He suspected that Mother thought he was a good little boy, and he suspec