KINDRED OF THE DUST

by

PETER B. KYNE

Author of _Cappy Ricks_, _The Valley of the Giants_, _Webster--Man's
Man_, etc.

Illustrated by Dean Cornwell

1920







TO IRENE

MY DEAR, TYRANNICAL, PRACTICAL LITTLE FOSTER-SISTER

WITHOUT WHOSE AID AND COMFORT, HOOTS, CHEERS AND UNAUTHORIZED STRIKES,
THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF MY ALLEGED LITERARY OUTPUT WOULD BE
APPRECIABLY DIMINISHED, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY

DEDICATED