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                  BOBBIE, GENERAL MANAGER




                          BOBBIE
                      GENERAL MANAGER

                         _A NOVEL_

                             BY
                     OLIVE HIGGINS PROUTY

                        [Illustration]

                       GROSSET & DUNLAP
                PUBLISHERS      ::      NEW YORK


                    _Copyright, 1913, by_
                 FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

  _All rights reserved including that of translation into foreign
             languages, including the Scandinavian._

                       _TENTH PRINTING_

                  [Illustration: _March, 1913_]




                               TO
                         THE MEMORY OF
                            MY FATHER




Bobbie, General Manager




CHAPTER I


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