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CONTENTS

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2. Introduction. By Blanche Colton Williams. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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3. The Spring Flight. By Inez Haynes Irwin ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   1

4. Margaret Blake. By Chester T. Crowell ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   25

5. Rachel and Her Children. By Frances Newman ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   45

6. Uriah’s Son. By Stephen Vincent Benet ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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7. The Most Dangerous Game. By Richard Connell. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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8. Horse and Horse. By Charles Caldwell Dobie ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   93

9. Professor Boynton Rereads History. By Edith R. Mirrielees ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   113

10. The Secret at the Crossroads. By Jefferson Mosley ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    126

11. The Tie That Binds, By George Pattullo ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    142

12. The Courier of the Czar. By Elsie Singmaster ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    155

13. ’Lijah. By Edgar Valentine Smith ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    172

14. A River Combine—Professional. By Raymond S. Spears ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    190

15. What Do You Mean—Americans? By Wilbur Daniel Steele ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    205

16. One Uses the Handkerchief. By Elinore Cowan Stone ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    225

17. Progress. By Harriet Welles ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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