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[Illustration: "Look there, Doris--you see that path? Let's go on to
the moor a little."]
A Great Success
By
Mrs. Humphry Ward
Author of "Eltham House," "Delia Blanchflower," etc.
New York
Hearst's International Library Co.
1916
PART I
CHAPTER I
"Arthur,--what did you give the man?"
"Half a crown, my dear! Now don't make a fuss. I know exactly what
you're going to say!"
"_Half a crown!_" said Doris Meadows, in consternation. "The fare was
one and twopence. Of course he thought you mad. But I'll get it back!"
And she ran to the open window, crying "Hi!" to the driver of a
taxi-cab, who, having put down his fares, was just on the point of
starting from the door of the small semi-detached house in a South
Kensington street, which owned Arthur and Doris Meadows for its master
and mistress.
The driver turned at her call.
"Hi!--Stop! You've been over-paid!"
The man grinned all over, made her a low bow, and made off as fast as he
could.
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