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Title: The Fifth Wheel
A Novel

Author: Olive Higgins Prouty

Release Date: October 2, 2006 [EBook #19436]

Language: English

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THE FIFTH WHEEL

[Illustration: "'Why, Breck, don't be absurd! I wouldn't _marry_ you for
anything in the world'"--_Page 24_]

THE
FIFTH WHEEL

_A NOVEL_

BY
OLIVE HIGGINS PROUTY

AUTHOR OF
"BOBBIE, GENERAL MANAGER"

[Illustration]

_WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS BY
JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG_

NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

_Copyright, 1916, by_
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

_Copyright, 1915, 1916, by_
THE PHILLIPS PUBLISHING COMPANY

_All rights reserved, including that of translation
into foreign languages._

DEDICATED
TO
MY MOTHER

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. RUTH VARS COMES OUT 1

II. BRECKENRIDGE SEWALL 10

III. EPISODE OF A SMALL DOG 18

IV. A BACK-SEASON DEBUTANTE 27

V. THE UNIMPORTANT FIFTH WHEEL 36

VI. BRECK SEWALL AGAIN 44

VII. THE MILLIONS WIN 50

VIII. THE HORSE-SHOW 56

IX. CATASTROPHE 69

X. A UNIVERSITY TOWN 80

XI. A WALK IN THE RAIN 90

XII. A DINNER PARTY 101

XIII. LUCY TAKES UP THE NARRATIVE 112

XIV. BOB TURNS OUT A CONSERVATIVE 124

XV. ANOTHER CATASTRO