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THE MAGICAL CHANCE




  THE
  MAGICAL CHANCE

  BY
  DALLAS LORE SHARP
  AUTHOR OF “THE LAY OF THE LAND,” “THE HILLS OF
  HINGHAM,” “EDUCATION IN A DEMOCRACY,” ETC.

  [Illustration]

  BOSTON AND NEW YORK
  HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
  The Riverside Press Cambridge
  1923




  COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY DALLAS LORE SHARP

  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


  The Riverside Press
  CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
  PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.




CONTENTS


     I. THE MAGICAL CHANCE                    1

    II. THE RADIUM OF ROMANCE                39

   III. THE HUNT FOR “COPY”                  69

    IV. THE DUTY TO DIG                     103

     V. THE MAN AND THE BOOK                131

    VI. A JANUARY SUMMER                    153

   VII. AFTER THE LOGGERS                   173