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I The most high gods have decided that too much power over the hearts of men shall not be given to other men, for then the givers are forgotten in the gift and the smoke dies away from the altars.

Copyright, 1908, by Charles Scribner's Sons.

produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber's Note: Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved.

* * * * * ILLUSTRATIONS They Crooned Together There, the Woman, the Child and the Birds _Frontispiece_ ...

By Josephine Daskam Copyright, 1903, by Charles Scribner's Sons The colonel entered his sister's room abruptly, sat down on her bed, and scattered a drawerful of fluffy things laid out for packing.

* * * * * I AN IDYL OF THE ROAD Caroline rocked herself back and forth from her waist, defying the uncompromisingly straight chair which inclosed her portly little person.

By Josephine Daskam Copyright, 1903, by Charles Scribner's Sons They were having tea on the terrace.

By Josephine Daskam Copyright, 1903, by Charles Scribner's Sons "You don't think it's too young for me, girls?"

THE HUT IN THE WOOD The woman who told me this, and other strange tales which I may one day try to put together, had no gift of writing, but only a pathetic regard for those who had.

By Josephine Daskam Copyright, 1903, by Charles Scribner's Sons TO Belden, pacing the library doggedly, the waiting seemed interminable, the strain unnecessarily prolonged.

By Josephine Daskam Copyright, 1903, by Charles Scribner's Sons "I suspected him from the first," said Miss Gould, with some irritation, to her lodger.

Author of "Memoirs of a Baby," "The Madness of Philip," etc.

By Josephine Daskam Copyright, 1903, by Charles Scribner's Sons She had never felt so tired of it all, it seemed to her.