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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Dominant Strain, by Anna Chapin Ray This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Dominant Strain Author: Anna Chapin Ray Illustrator: Harry C. Edwards Release Date: August 22, 2009 [EBook #29760] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DOMINANT STRAIN *** Produced by David Edwards, Woodie4 and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) THE DOMINANT STRAIN [Illustration: "'Beatrix?' he said"] THE DOMINANT STRAIN BY ANNA CHAPIN RAY AUTHOR OF "TEDDY, HER BOOK," "PHEBE, HER PROFESSION," "TEDDY, HER DAUGHTER," "NATHALIE'S CHUM," "EACH LIFE UNFULFILLED" _ILLUSTRATED BY_ HARRY C. EDWARDS BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1903 _Copyright, 1903_, BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. _All rights reserved_ Published May, 1903 UNIVERSITY PRESS . JOHN WILSON AND SON . CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A. ILLUSTRATIONS FROM DRAWINGS IN COLOR BY HARRY C. EDWARDS "'Beatrix?' he said" _Frontispiece_ "'Can't you make any sort of an excuse for yourself, Sidney?' she demanded" Page 123 "It was so that Thayer liked best to think of her" " 205 "Beatrix still sat at the disordered table" " 245 "'I believe I might as well ask you now'" " 339 THE DOMINANT STRAIN CHAPTER ONE Beatrix smiled a little wearily. Intimate friends are sometimes cloying, and she felt a certain irritation rising within her, as she watched Sally's bright face under her French toque, and listened to the easy stream of chatter which issued from Sally's lips. Sally had never faced such a crisis as the one confronting Beatrix, that day. Moreover, she had dimples, and it was impossible to believe in the sympathy of a person whose dimples insisted upon coming into sight, even in the midst of serious discussion. "If he hasn't already," Sally persisted; "he is bound to do it before the season is over. Then what shall y
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