IF ANY MAN SIN

BY H. A. CODY

AUTHOR OF THE CHIEF OF THE RANGES, THE LONG PATROL,
UNDER SEALED ORDERS, THE FRONTIERSMAN, Etc.

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Copyright, 1915,
By George H. Doran Company

Printed in the United States of America

TO MY WIFE
THIS BOOK IS
LOVINGLY DEDICATED

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. Chords of Memory
CHAPTER II. The Verge of Trembling
CHAPTER III. A Wilderness Waif
CHAPTER IV. By the Mirroring Lake
CHAPTER V. A Cabin for Two
CHAPTER VI. 'Tis Hard to Forget
CHAPTER VII. The Ceaseless Throb
CHAPTER VIII. The Discovery
CHAPTER IX. The Golden Lure
CHAPTER X. The Awakening
CHAPTER XI. Unfolding
CHAPTER XII. The Edge of Events
CHAPTER XIII. The Lap of To-morrow
CHAPTER XIV. The Supplanter
CHAPTER XV. Suspicion
CHAPTER XVI. Tom Makes a Discovery
CHAPTER XVII. Heart Thrusts
CHAPTER XVIII. The Royal Bounty
CHAPTER XIX. Beginnings
CHAPTER XX. Under Cover of Night
CHAPTER XXI. The Way of a Woman
CHAPTER XXII. Heart Searchings
CHAPTER XXIII. The Meeting
CHAPTER XXIV. Within the Little Room
CHAPTER XXV. The River Flows Between
CHAPTER XXVI. The Face at the Door
CHAPTER XXVII. The Inner Impulse
CHAPTER XXVIII. The Keepsake
CHAPTER XXIX. Atonement
CHAPTER XXX. Revelation
CHAPTER XXXI. "The Valley of the Shadows"
CHAPTER XXXII. Refined Gold

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IF ANY MAN SIN

CHAPTER I

CHORDS OF MEMORY

It was Sunday night and the great city was hushed in silence. A thick mist hung over streets and houses through which numerous lights endeavoured to force their rays. Few people were astir and all traffic had ceased. Presently the chimes from a hidden church tower pealed forth their sweet