



Produced by Al Haines









[Frontispiece: (Rawn and Laura)]



  JOHN RAWN

  Prominent Citizen


  _By_
  EMERSON HOUGH

  _Author of_
  The Mississippi Bubble, 54-40 Or Fight
  The Purchase Price, Etc.



  WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
  M. LEONE BRACKER



  INDIANAPOLIS
  THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
  PUBLISHERS




  COPYRIGHT 1912
  EMERSON HOUGH


  PRESS OF
  BRAUNWORTH & CO.
  BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS
  BROOKLYN, N. Y.




  TO
  WOODROW WILSON

  ONE OF THE LEADERS IN THE THIRD WAR OF
  AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE




  Contents


  BOOK I

  Chapter

  I Certain Notable Details in Genesis
  II Purely Incidental
  III In Victory Generous
  IV In Love Successful
  V In Adversity Triumphant
  VI Mr. Rawn Announces His Arrival
  VII The Difference Between Men
  VIII Power
  IX Change in Kelly Row
  X The Woodshed in Kelly Row
  XI The Test
  XII The Helpmeet


  BOOK II

  I The New Mr. Rawn
  II Graystone Hall
  III The Competencies of Miss Delaware
  IV At Headquarters
  V Their Mast