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The Slim Princess, by George Ade
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Title: The Slim Princess
Author: George Ade
Release Date: February 25, 2004 [EBook #11279]
Language: English
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[Illustration: I consented to deliver a message for him]
THE SLIM PRINCESS
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By GEORGE ADE
1907
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"The Slim Princess" has been elaborated and rewritten from a story printed in The Saturday Evening Post of Philadelphia late in 1906 and copyright, 1906, by the Curtis Publishing Company.
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CONTENTS
I WOMAN IN MOROVENIA
II KALORA'S AFFLICTION
III THE CRUELTY OF LAW
IV THE GARDEN PARTY
V HE ARRIVES
VI HE DEPARTS
VII THE ONLY KOLDO
VIII BY MESSENGER
IX AS TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
X ON THE WING
XI AN OUTING--A REUNION
XII THE GOVERNOR CABLES
XIII THE HOME-COMING
XIV HEROISM REWARDED
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THE SLIM PRINCESS
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I
WOMAN IN MOROVENIA
Morovenia is a state in which both the mosque and the motor-car now occur in th