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WHOM THE GODS DESTROYED
BY
JOSEPHINE DODGE DASKAM
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
MDCCCCII
Copyright, 1902, by Charles Scribner's Sons
Published, October, 1902
TROW DIRECTORY
PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY
NEW YORK
To
K. W.
WITH THE FRIENDSHIP OF
MANY YEARS
J. D. D.
CONTENTS
| I. | Whom the Gods Destroyed | 1 |
| II. | A Wind Flower | 29 |
| III. | When Pippa Passed | 67 |
| IV. | The Backsliding of Harriet Blake | 101 |
| V. | A Bayard of Broadway | 127 |
| VI. | A Little Brother of the Books | 157 |
| VII. | The Maid of the Mill | 189 |
| VIII. | The Twilight Guests | 219 |
WHOM THE GODS DESTROYED
I
The most high gods have decided that toomuch power over the hearts of men shall not begiven to other men, for then the givers are forgottenin the gift and the smoke dies away fromthe altars. So they kill the men who play withsouls. According to an ancient saying, before theydestroy the victim they make him mad. There are,however, modifications of the process. Occasionallythey make him drunk.
As I came down the board-walk that leads tothe ocean, I saw by his staggering and swayinggait that the man was not only very drunk indeed,