KINDRED OF THE DUST

BY

PETER B. KYNE

AUTHOR OF

CAPPY RICKS, THE VALLEY OF THE GIANTS, WEBSTER—MAN'S MAN, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY

DEAN CORNWELL

1920

TO IRENE

MY DEAR, TYRANNICAL, PRACTICAL LITTLE FOSTER-SISTER

WITHOUT WHOSE AID AND COMFORT, HOOTS, CHEERS AND UNAUTHORIZED STRIKES, THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF MY ALLEGED LITERARY OUTPUT WOULD BE APPRECIABLY DIMINISHED, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

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