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THE
WITNESS
A NOVEL
BY
GRACE LIVINGSTON HILL LUTZ
AUTHOR OF
A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS, ETC.
NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
Published by Arrangement with Harper & Brothers
Made in the United States of America
THE WITNESS
Copyright, 1917, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
TO MY MOTHER
MARCIA MACDONALD LIVINGSTON
WHOSE HELPFUL CRITICISM AND LOVING ENCOURAGEMENT
HAVE BEEN WITH ME THROUGH THE YEARS
_"He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in
himself."_
--I JOHN 5:10
THE WITNESS
CHAPTER I
Like a sudden cloudburst the dormitory had gone into a frenzy of sound.
Doors slammed, feet trampled, hoarse voices reverberated, heavy bodies
flung themselves along the corridor, the very electrics trembled with
the cataclysm. One moment all was quiet with a contented
after-dinner-peace-before-study hours; the next it was as if all the
forces of the earth had broken forth.
Paul Courtland stepped to his door and threw it back.
"Come on, Court, see the fun!" called the football half-back, who was
slopping along with two dripping fire-buckets of water.
"What's doing?"
"Swearing-match! Going to make Little Stevie cuss! Better get in on it.
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