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THIRTY
BY HOWARD VINCENT O'BRIEN
Author of "New Men for Old."
Illustrated by ROBERT W. AMICK
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1915
Copyright. 1915
By DODD MEAD & COMPANY
TO
MY MOTHER
WHO SOUGHT ALWAYS TO MAKE ME LOVE THE
TRUTH, THOUGH KNOWING THAT MY TRUTH
WOULD NOT, IN THE NATURE OF
THINGS, BE HERS.
"What right have you to put such impudent questions to us, anyway?" he demanded hotly
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I An Uninvited Guest
CHAPTER II A Blow—and a Resolution
CHAPTER III "You Don't Know Mr. Imrie"
CHAPTER IV Oil and Water
CHAPTER V A Sleeper Wakes
CHAPTER VI Dead Idols
CHAPTER VII "If People Only Knew!"
CHAPTER VIII The Greatest Game in the World
CHAPTER IX Burned Bridges
CHAPTER X A Bluff Called
CHAPTER XI "Tears ... and then Ice"
CHAPTER XII Only a Woman
CHAPTER XIII The Pilot Goes Overboard
CHAPTER XIV A Secret Revealed
CHAPTER XV "Thirty"—and Another Story
ILLUSTRATIONS
"What right have you to put such impudent questions to us, anyway?" hedemanded hotly.
It was hard to refuse Imrie—a million times harder than all the rest
"I say, you know," he said between puffs, "business isthe—greatest—game—in the world"
The air was surcharged with expectancy
THIRTY
CHAPTER I
AN UNINVITED GUEST
Roger Wynrod was the first down to breakfast, and he was feeling farfrom well. But a glass of bitters, followed by half a grapefruit and alarge cup of coffee, made him more nearly his usual cheerful self. Hehad a word and a smile for each one of the houseparty, as they straggledin, albeit the memory of last night's disastrous game haunted himuncomfortably. The fact was that once again he faced the necessity ofappealing to his sister for fur