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A PASTEBOARD

CROWN


"I will place the crown upon your head," said the actor-manager; "only promise not to reproach me when you find for yourself that it is only pasteboard!""I will place the crown upon your head," said theactor-manager; "only promise not to reproach me when you find foryourself that it is only pasteboard!"

A PASTEBOARD

CROWN

A Story of the New York Stage

BY

CLARA MORRIS

Author of "Life on the Stage," etc.

WITH A FRONTISPIECE FROM A DRAWING BY

HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

NEW YORK

1902


Copyright, 1902, by

Clara Morris Harriott


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