The Argosy, April 1916 — page 11: what you’re looking at

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THE ARGOSY Vol. LXXXII Sern , =: eras . . Pon : ¥ s APRIL, 24 rae 1916 No. 1 Author of “‘ Too Terrible for War,” “‘ The Hoodoo Ranch,”’ etc. A FULL BOOK-LENGTH NOVEL COMPLETE. CHAPTER I. THE GODDESS FROM THE STREET CAR. A° the south-bound Genesee Street trolley stopped in front of John Raymond’s handsome residence the two young men seated on the broad veranda glanced toward it. “Greenland,” said one, ‘‘who is the god- dess from the car?” “Search me,” replied the other, with a quiet laugh and a pronounced grunt of ap- proval. “I never saw her before. By Jove, she’s coming here!” “Thank the Lord,” was the rejoinder. ‘Aside from the somber contemplation of your approaching happiness, George, I had 1A nothing to live for until this moment. She is certainly some looker!” “The Lady of the Dawn,” murmured Greenland. ‘For a man who is going to be married at eight o’clock in the morning, and in this very house, your remark registers a fickle character. By Jove! What an air of pos- session the lady wears!” “Independence, rather,” said Greenland. “The Declaration is written all over her.” Meanwhile the object of these gratuitous phrases of commendation was approaching the gate. Genesee Street being exception- ally wide, and Mr. Raymond’s house being situated fifty feet back from his front line- fence, the two men had ample opportunity MICLOOOLK C@