The Rose in the Ring

by George Barr McCutcheon

 

 

The Rose in the Ring

 

George Barr M^cCutcheon

 

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His audience was fairly hanging on his words

(Page 190)

 

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THE
ROSE IN THE RING

BY
GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON

Author of "Beverly of Graustark,"
"Truxton King," etc.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
A. I. KELLER

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1910

 

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Copyright, 1910, by
Dodd, Mead and Company

Published, September, 1910

 

THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.

 

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CONTENTS

PART I

1. Chapter

   Page

2. I—The Fugitive

   1

3. II—In the Dressing Tent

   18

4. III—David enters the Sawdust Ring

   40

5. IV—A Stranger appears on the Scene

   55

6. V—Something about the Braddocks

   77

7. VI—David Jenison's Story

   96

8. VII—The Brothers Cronk

   117

9. VIII—An Invitation to Supper

   133

10. IX—A Thief in the Night

    152

11. X—Love wings a Timid Dart

    168

12. XI—Artful Dick goes Visiting

    185

13. XII—In which Many Things happen

    199

14. XIII—The Sale

    221

PART II

1. I—The Daughter of Colonel Grand

   238

2. II—The Stranger at the Hall

   256

3. III—The Man Who Served His Time

   275

4. IV—The Delivery of a Telegram

   295

5. V—The Love that was Staunch

   310

6. VI—Door-steps

   329

7. VII—Tom Braddock's Promise

   345

8. VIII—Colonel Grand and the Cronks

   367

9. IX—In the Little Triangular "Square"

   388

10. X—The Black Headlines

    409

 

ILLUSTRATIONS

1. His audience was fairly hanging on his words (Page 190)

   Frontispiece

2. "It is my money!" cried David

   Facing page 44

3. Her lips parted in amazement, tremulously struggling into a smile of wonder and unbelief

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4. "This is the one, great, solitary hour in your life"

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