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Charred Wood, by Myles Muredach
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Title: Charred Wood
Author: Myles Muredach
Illustrator: J. Clinton Shepherd
Release Date: August 23, 2005 [EBook #16585]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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CHARRED WOOD
BY
MYLES MUREDACH
"O, Designer Infinite, must Thou then Char the wood before Thou canst limn with it?"
ILLUSTRATED BY
J. CLINTON SHEPHERD
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS --- NEW YORK
Made in the United States of America
Copyright, 1917
by
The Reilly & Britten Co.
Published October 17, 1917
Reprinted December 10, 1917
Reprinted October 11, 1918.
Charred Wood
CONTENTS
I THE LADY OF THE TREE II MONSIGNORE III UNDER SUSPICION IV KILLIMAGA V WITH EMPTY HANDS VI WHO IS RUTH? VII BITTER BREAD VIII FATHER MURRAY OF SIHASSET IX THE BISHOP'S CONFESSION X AT THE MYSTERY TREE XI THIN ICE XII HIS EXCELLENCY SUGGESTS XIII THE ABDUCTION XIV THE INEXPLICABLE XV "I AM NOT THE DUCHESS!" XVI HIS EXCELLENCY IS WORRIED XVII THE OPEN DOOR XVIII SAUNDERS SCORES XIX CAPITULATION XX THE "DUCHESS" ABDICATES XXI THE BECKONING HAND XXII RUTH'S CONFESSION XXIII CHARRED WOOD
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