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A NOVEL
BY
ISAAC N. STEVENS
Author of "The Liberators," "Popular Government
Essays," etc.
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NEW YORK
WILLIAM RICKEY & COMPANY
1911
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Copyright, 1911, by
WILLIAM RICKEY & COMPANY
Registered at Stationers' Hall, London
(All Rights Reserved)
Printed in the United States of America
PRESS OF WILLIAM G. HEWITT, 61-67 NAVY ST., BROOKLYN, N. Y.
DEDICATION
To those noble and courageous women of England and America who are trying to demonstrate to the world that Civilization cannot reach the supreme heights of progress without giving freedom to the mental, spiritual and physical energies of women, and that government will always lack a vital element in its functions, so long as women are deprived of equal participation in its operations—This Book Is Respectfully Dedicated by the Author.
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"But life shall on and upward go;
Th' eternal step of Progress beats
To that great anthem, calm and slow,
Which God repeats."
—Whittier.
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CONTENTS
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| I. |
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A Doctor Returns from India |
1 |
| II. |
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A Mystical Parade |
15 |
| III. |
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The Mysterious Young Woman |
22 |
| IV. |
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A Suffrage Bazaar and Ball |
33 |
| V. |
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Hypnotism Used For An Anæsthetic |
46 |
| VI. |
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Some Strenuous Anti-Suffragists |
56 |
| VII. |
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Christian Science and Surgery |
61 |
| VIII. |
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The Omnipresent Eyes ff Fifth Avenue |
74 |
| IX. |
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Love, Jealousy And Music |
82 |
| X. |
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A Discussion Of Progressive Women |
91 |
| XI. |
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The Advancing Column of Democracy |
99 |
| XII. |
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A Tubercular Knee and a Worried Surgeon |
117 |
| XIII. |
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An Anti-Suffrage Meeting |
125 |
| XIV. |
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Faith Is the Basis of all Progress |
140 |
| XV. |
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An Evil Prophecy Begins to Bear Fruit |
154 |
| XVI. |
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The Mysterious Murder of Emma Bell |
164 |
| XVII. |
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The Arrest of Dr. John Earl |
180 |
| XVIII. |
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Dr. Earl is Indicted for Murder |
194 |
| XIX. |
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A Great Murder Trial Begins |
199 |
| XX. |
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A Woman and
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