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The Shadow of Life




The Shadow of Life

BY

Anne Douglas Sedgwick

AUTHOR OF "THE RESCUE," "THE CONFOUNDING OF
CAMELIA," "PATHS OF JUDGEMENT," ETC.

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NEW YORK

The Century Co.

1906

Copyright, 1906, by
The Century Co.

_Published February, 1906_

THE DE VINNE PRESS





THE SHADOW OF LIFE

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PART I




The Shadow of Life




I


Elspeth Gifford was five years old when she went to live at Kirklands.
Her father, an army officer, died in her babyhood, and her mother a few
years later. The uncle