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The Light of the Star, by Hamlin Garland
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Title: The Light of the Star A Novel
Author: Hamlin Garland
Release Date: April 4, 2009 [EBook #28492]
Language: English
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[Illustration: "HE WAS A NOTICEABLY HANDSOME FIGURE AS HE SAT ALONE IN THE BOX"
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THE
LIGHT OF THE STAR
A Novel
BY
HAMLIN GARLAND
AUTHOR OF "HESPER"
"THE CAPTAIN OF THE GRAY-HORSE TROOP"
ETC. ETC.
NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS
PUBLISHERS:: MCMIV
THE LIGHT OF THE STAR
Published May, 1904.
THE LIGHT OF THE STAR
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After the appointment with Miss Merival reached him (through the hand of her manager), young Douglass gre