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[Illustration: I consented to deliver a message for him]




THE SLIM PRINCESS

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_By_ GEORGE ADE


1907

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"The Slim Princess" has been elaborated and rewritten from a story
printed in _The Saturday Evening Post_ of Philadelphia late in 1906 and
copyright, 1906, by the Curtis Publishing Company.

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CONTENTS

   I WOMAN IN MOROVENIA

  II KALORA'S AFFLICTION

 III THE CRUELTY OF LAW

  IV THE GARDEN PARTY

   V HE ARRIVES

  VI HE DEPARTS

 VII THE ONLY KOLDO

VIII BY MESSENGER

  IX AS TO WASHINGTON, D.C.

   X ON THE WING

  XI AN OUTING--A REUNION

 XII THE GOVERNOR CABLES

XIII THE HOME-COMING

 XIV HEROISM REWARDED

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THE SLIM PRINCESS

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I

WOMAN IN MOROVENIA


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