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HEARTS AND MASKS
by
HAROLD MACGRATH
Author of The Puppet Crown, The Grey Cloak, The Man on the Box
With Illustrations by Harrison Fisher
[Frontispiece: Five people dressed for costume ball, four sitting, one standing.]
New York Grosset & Dunlap Publishers Copyright 1905 The Bobbs-Merrill Company
TO MY WIFE
List of Illustrations
Five people dressed for costume ball, four sitting, one standing . . .
(Frontispiece)
The handsomest girl I had set eyes upon in a month of moons.
"This is what I want. How much?" I inquired.
Turning, I beheld an exquisite Columbine.
I led her over to a secluded nook. We sat down.
And there we sat, calmly munching the apples.
"Madame, will you do me the honor to raise your mask?"
We watched the girl as she bathed and bandaged the wounded arm.
With a contented sigh she rested her blue-slippered feet on the brass fender.