THE SHIELD OF SILENCE BY HARRIET T. COMSTOCK AUTHOR OF JOYCE OF THE NORTH WOODS, Etc. FRONTISPIECE BY GEORGE LOUGHRIDGE GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS            NEW YORK

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AT
THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.

TO MY SON
PHILIP S. COMSTOCK

"We will grasp the hands of men and women; and slowly
holding one another's hands we will work our way upwards."

"Joan rose from her self-appointed task. She looked at Thornton and throbbed with hate—but as she looked her mood again changed—she felt such pity as she had never known in her life before."

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We are all on the Wheel. The difference lies in our ability to cling or let go. Meredith Thornton and old Becky Adams—let go!

Across the world's heart they fell—the