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TOPPLETON'S CLIENT

OR

_A SPIRIT IN EXILE_

BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS

          NEW YORK
          CHARLES L. WEBSTER & COMPANY
          1893



            TO

          F. D. S.




CONTENTS.


          CHAPTER I.
                                                             PAGE
          INTRODUCING MR. HOPKINS TOPPLETON                    1

          CHAPTER II.
          MR. HOPKINS TOPPLETON LEASES AN OFFICE               13

          CHAPTER III.
          MR. HOPKINS TOPPLETON ENCOUNTERS A WEARY SPIRIT      25

          CHAPTER IV.
          THE WEARY SPIRIT GIVES SOME ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF      