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The Cromptons

By

MARY J. HOLMES

G.W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY
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Copyright, 1899, 1901,

By Mrs. Mary J. Holmes.

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The Cromptons.     Issued August, 1902.

Contents

PART I

CHAPTER I. THE STRANGER AT THE BROCK HOUSE