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Title: The Ten-foot Chain
or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? A Unique Symposium

Author: Achmed Abdullah
Max Brand
E. K. Means
P. P. Sheehan

Release Date: June 27, 2010 [EBook #32996]

Language: English

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THE TEN-FOOT CHAIN

OR CAN LOVE SURVIVE THE SHACKLES?

[Illustration: "WHEN I LOOK INTO YOUR FACE THE SUN RISES AND THE BOAT OF
MY LIFE ROCKS ON THE DANCING WAVES OF PASSION."]

THE
TEN-FOOT CHAIN

OR

CAN LOVE SURVIVE
THE SHACKLES?

A UNIQUE SYMPOSIUM

BY

ACHMED ABDULLAH
MAX BRAND
E. K. MEANS
P. P. SHEEHAN

REYNOLDS PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.
NEW YORK
1920

_Copyright 1920_
REYNOLDS PUB. CO. Inc.

_Copyright 1920_
THE FRANK A. MUNSEY CO.

CONTENTS

PAGE

INTRODUCTION 11

FIRST TALE
AN INDIAN JATAKA 17
_By Achmed Abdullah_

SECOND TALE
OUT OF THE DARK 45
_By Max Brand_

THIRD TALE
PLUMB NAUSEATED 81
_By E. K. Means_

FOURTH TALE
PRINCESS OR PERCHERON 127
_By Perley P. Sheehan_

_INTRODUCTION_

Some time ago I was dining with four distinguished writers. Needless to
say where two or three authors are gathered together with a sympathetic
editor in their midst, the flood-gates of fancy are opened wide.

In an inspired moment, Dr. Means tossed this "tremendous trifle" into
the center of the table: "What mental and emotional reaction would a man
and a woman undergo, linked together by a ten-foot chain, for three days
and nights?" The query precipitated an uproar.

Captain Abdullah stepped into the arena at once, and with that elan of
the heart, which i