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ILLUSTRATIONS

THE GIRL’S RED LIPS CURLED IN POUTED SCORN _Frontispiece_

THEN THE GUN BOOMED WITH MUFFLED REPORT--AND GUERD LAREY, UTTERING A CRY OF AGONY, FELL AWAY FROM ADAM 58

BUT AT LENGTH THE BURDEN OF A HEAVY WEIGHT, AND THE DRAGGING SAND, AND THE HOT SUN BROUGHT ADAM TO A PASS WHERE REST WAS IMPERATIVE 172

WANDERER OF THE WASTELAND