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PREFATORY 



And if the reading of this record rouses a single doubt 

 as to why the verdict should be a foregone conclusion for 

 humanity, the writer of it will be set free from some 

 ingratitude. If it does not, at least one fellow mortal will 

 find it easier when she touches Death either to face or to 

 forget the kindly creatures who have been so much to her 

 in Life. 



F. A. STEEL. 



