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                          [Cover Illustration]




[Illustration: _A William Fox Production._   _The Winding Stair._ “NO
MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, I’LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU.”]




                                 =THE=
                            =WINDING  STAIR=


                                  =BY=
                          =A.  E.  W.  MASON=

                              =AUTHOR OF=
                       =THE FOUR FEATHERS, Etc.=



                  =“_All rising to great place is by_=
                      =_a winding stair._”—Bacon.=



                           =N E W   Y O R K=
                   =G R O S S E T   &   D U N L A P=
                         =P U B L I S H E R S=

                  Made in the United States of America




                           =COPYRIGHT, 1923,=
                      =BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY=


                     