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BOUGHT AND
PAID FOR

_A Story of To-day_

From the Play of
GEORGE BROADHURST
by
ARTHUR HORNBLOW

ILLUSTRATIONS FROM
SCENES IN THE PLAY

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS




Copyright, 1912, by
G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY

_Bought and Paid For_





CONTENTS

CHAPTER               PAGE

I.                       7

II.                     21

III.                    39

IV.                     52

V.                      67

VI.                     83

VII.                    97

VIII.                  115

IX.                    131

X.                     146

XI.                    160

XII.                   175

XIII.                  191

XIV.                   202

XV.                    216

XVI.                   236

XVII.                  254

XVIII.                 271

XIX.                   280

XX.                    292

XXI.                   312

XXII.                  325





CHAPTER I


"How is he now, doctor? Don't--don't tell me there is no hope!"

The wife, a tall, aristocratic looking woman who, despite her advanced
years, her snow-white hair, her