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Title: When Dreams Come True

Author: Ritter Brown

Illustrator: W. M. Berger

Release Date: April 23, 2009 [EBook #28593]

Language: English

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[Illustration: SHE GLIDED AND WHIRLED IN THE MOONLIGHT, GRACEFUL AS A
WIND-BLOWN ROSE. _PAGE 284_]

WHEN DREAMS COME TRUE

BY

RITTER BROWN
AUTHOR OF "MAN'S BIRTHRIGHT"

ILLUSTRATED BY
W. M. BERGER

New York
Desmond FitzGerald, Inc.

Copyright, 1912
By Desmond FitzGerald, Inc.

TO
MY SON

ILLUSTRATIONS

"She glided and whirled in the moonlight, graceful
as a wind-blown rose" _Frontispiece_
FACING
PAGE
"The picture which she presented was one he carried
with him for many a day" 130

"Instinctively he raised the casket with both hands" 272

"'Madre! Madre _mia_!' she cried and flung herself
into Chiquita's arms" 292

"They were startled by a low moan and saw Blanch
sink slowly to the bench" 330

There is a tradition extant among the Indians of the Southwest,
extending from Arizona to the Isthmus of Panama, to the effect
that, Montezuma will one day return on the back of an eagle,
wearing a golden crown, and rule the land once more; typifying
the r