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The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Wrong Woman, by Charles D. Stewart, Illustrated by Harold M. Brett 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.org Title: The Wrong Woman Author: Charles D. Stewart Release Date: July 25, 2007 [eBook #22140] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE WRONG WOMAN*** E-text prepared by Al Haines Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original lovely illustrations. See 22140-h.htm or 22140-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/2/1/4/22140/22140-h/22140-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/2/1/4/22140/22140-h.zip) THE WRONG WOMAN by CHARLES D. STEWART [Frontispiece: She saw that she would have to continue her journey afoot] The Copp Clark Company Limited Toronto Copyright, 1912, by Charles D. Stewart All Rights Reserved ILLUSTRATIONS She saw that she would have to continue her journey afoot (page 13) . . . . . _Frontispiece_ The stars, a vast audience, had all taken their places "There's number one," Steve remarked casually In the very midst of that dread ordeal, a test _From drawings by Harold M. Brett_ The Wrong Woman CHAPTER I Having made final inspection of the knots of her shoe-laces and the fastenings of her skirt, Janet turned toward her "perfectly horrid" oilcoat, which, as usual, had spent the night on the floor. As it would never come off till she had tortured her fingers on the edges of its big rusty buttons, she always parted from it on unpleasant terms, casting it from her; whereupon this masculine garment fell into the most absurd postures, sprawling about on her bedroom floor, or even sitting up, drunkenly, in the corner,--which latter it could easily do, being as stiff as it was yellow. This time it had caught by one arm on the back of a chair, and it came so near standing alone that it seemed to be on the point of getting along without the chair's assistance. As Janet stood considering its case, she turned her eyes toward the window to see what the weather had decided, and now she saw the
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