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                          THE RIVER'S CHILDREN

                       AN IDYL OF THE MISSISSIPPI

                         By RUTH McENERY STUART

AUTHOR OF "SONNY," "HOLLY AND PIZEN," "MORIAH'S MOURNING," "NAPOLEON
JACKSON," ETC.


    With Pictures by
    Barry C. Edwards

    NEW YORK
    THE CENTURY CO.
    1904

    Copyright, 1904, by
    THE CENTURY CO.

    Copyright, 1903, by
    PHELPS PUBLISHING CO.

    _Published October, 1904_

    THE DE VINNE PRESS




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