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Title: At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern

Author: Myrtle Reed

Release Date: September 20, 2008 [EBook #26673]

Language: English

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AT THE SIGN OF THE JACK O'LANTERN

By
MYRTLE REED

Author of

Lavender and Old Lace
The Master's Violin
A Spinner in the Sun
Old Rose and Silver
A Weaver of Dreams
Flower of the Dusk
Etc.

New York
GROSSET & DUNLAP
Publishers

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Copyright, 1902

BY
MYRTLE REED

By Myrtle Reed:

A Weaver of Dreams Sonnets to a Lover
Old Rose and Silver Master of the Vineyard
Lavender and Old Lace Flower of the Dusk
The Master's Violin At the Sign of the Jack-o'-Lantern
Love Letters of a Musician A Spinner in the Sun
The Spinster Book Later Love Letters of a Musician
The Shadow of Victory Love Affairs of Literary Men
Myrtle Reed Year Book

This edition is issued under arrangement with the publishers
G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. The End of the Honeymoon 1
II. The Day Afterward 18
III. The First Caller 35
IV. Finances 53
V. Mrs. Smithers 68
VI. The Coming of Elaine 84
VII. An Uninvited Guest 100
VIII. More 119
IX. Another 136
X. Still More 154
XI. Mrs. Do