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Once Upon A Time
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Title: Once Upon A Time
Author: Richard Harding Davis
Release Date: October 19, 2005 [EBook #16908]
Language: English
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[Illustration: "Then, how did you suppose your sister was going to read it?"]
ONCE UPON A TIME
BY
RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
ILLUSTRATED
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK 1912
Copyright, 1910, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
TO
GOUVERNEUR MORRIS
CONTENTS
A Question of Latitude 1
The Spy 37
The Messengers 73
A Wasted Day 97
A Charmed Life 125
The Amateur 151
The Make-Believe Man 193
Peace Manoeuvres 247
ILLUSTRATIONS
"Then, how did you suppose your sister was going to read it?" Frontispiece FACING PAGE
Schnitzel was smiling to himself 52
"Schnitzel, you certainly are a magnificent liar" 58
"I think," said Ainsley, "they have lost their way" 90
"Was it you," demanded young Andrews, in a puzzled tone, "or your brother who tried to knife me?" 108
Mr. Thorndike stood irresolute, and then sa