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Title: The House of the Misty Star
A Romance of Youth and Hope and Love in Old Japan

Author: Fannie Caldwell Macaulay

Release Date: November 19, 2005 [EBook #17108]

Language: English

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The House
of the Misty Star

[Illustration: She quickly walked across the burning coal]

The House
of the Misty Star

A ROMANCE OF YOUTH AND
HOPE AND LOVE IN OLD JAPAN

By

Frances Little
(Fannie Caldwell Macaulay)

Author of "The Lady of the Decoration," etc.

[Illustration]

New York
The Century Co.
1915

Copyright, 1915, by
THE CENTURY CO.

Copyright, 1914, 1915, by
THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY

_Published, April, 1915_

TO A FAITHFUL FRIEND
NUI SHIOME
OF
TOKIO.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I ENTER JANE GRAY 3
II KISHIMOTO SAN CALLS 16
III ZURA 32
IV JANE GRAY BRINGS HOME A MAN 55
V A CALL AND AN INVITATION 70
VI ZURA WINGATE'S VISIT 85
VII AN INTERRUPTED DINNER 95
VIII MR. CHALMERS SEES THE GARDEN AND HEARS THE TRUTH 108
IX JANE HOPES; KISHIMOTO DESPAIRS