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BLACK HAWK RESCUING GILBERT'S FATHER AND MOTHER. PAGE 33
THE ROMANCE
OF
GILBERT HOLMES
AN HISTORICAL NOVEL
BY
MARSHALL MONROE KIRKMAN
AUTHOR OF "THE SCIENCE OF RAILWAYS," IN TWELVE VOLUMES,
"PRIMITIVE CARRIERS," ETC., ETC.
THE WORLD RAILWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO NEW YORK LONDON
1900
COPYRIGHT 1900
UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE
All rights reserved
SEVENTEENTH EDITION
DEDICATION
THE WRITING OF THIS BOOK HAVING BEEN TO ME WHOLLY
A LABOR OF LOVE,
I DEDICATE IT IN A LIKE SPIRIT TO MY
WIFE AND CHILDREN
M. M. KIRKMAN
LARCHMERE, JULY 10, 1900
CONTENTS
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