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THE RUNAWAYS

All rights reserved


THE RUNAWAYS

A New and Original Story

by

NAT GOULD






[Illustration]

G. Heath Robinson
and J. Birch, Limited

London:
Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited.
Duke Street, Stamford Street, S.E. and Great Windmill Street, W.




NAT GOULD: AN APPRECIATION.


[Illustration]

Nat Gould's novels of the Turf are read and enjoyed by multitudes of men
and women all over the world. That in itself is a guarantee of literary
merit. Had he been a stylist, the sale of his hundred odd books would
never have run into a score of millions. He wrote to please and not to
puzzle, to give pleasure and not to educate,