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THE
ASSOCIATE HERMITS

By
Frank R. Stockton

Author of
"The Great Stone of Sardis"

With Illustrations by A. B. Frost

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NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

1900




BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

THE GREAT STONE OF SARDIS. A Novel.
Illustrated by Peter Newell. Post 8vo, Cloth,
Ornamental, $1 50.

"The Great Stone of Sardis" is as queer and preposterous as
can be imagined, yet as plausible and real-seeming as a legal
document.... There is a treat in the book.--_Independent_, N. Y.

A new and worthy example of Stockton's kindly, wholesome,
original, and inexhaustible humor.--_Syracuse Post._

Narrated with a seriousness that gives the adventures a semblance
of matters of fact. Through the narrative runs a love interest which
Mr. Stockton manages with great skill.--_Washington Post._

NEW YORK AND LONDON:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.

Copyright, 1898, by Harper & Brothers.

All rights reserved.




CONTENTS

CHAPTER                                                  PAGE
     I.  The Dawn of a Wedding-journey                      1
    II.  Enter Margery                                      7
   III.  Sadler's                                          15
    IV.  A Cataract of Information                         23
     V.  Camp Rob                                          35
    VI.  Camp Roy                                          42
   VII.  A Stranger                                        52
  VIII.  The