A ROMANCE
By RICHARD BIRD
Author of THE FORWARD IN LOVE
WITH FRONTISPIECE BY
F. VAUX WILSON
INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT 1914
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PRESS OF
BRAUNWORTH & CO.
BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
TO BETTY
My book the Critics may abhor—
The Public, too. But, all the same,
This Page at least is Golden, for
It bears the imprint of your name.
It was Beatrice at last!