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"YOU'VE GOT TO TELL THE TRUTH BEFORE SHE STOPS! WHY DID YOU BURN OUT THIS PLANT?"

THE MAN FROM THE BITTER ROOTS By CAROLINE LOCKHART Author of “The Fighting Shepherdess,” “The Lady Doc,” etc. Frontispiece by GAYLE HOSKINS A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers New York Published by arrangement with J. B. Lippincott Company

COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY STREET & SMITH

COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1915

PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A.

To
my good friend

MRS. LOUIS HOWE

this book is dedicated with
all gratitude and affection

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