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By Gouverneur Morris
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons
If You Touch Them They Vanish. Illustrated. net $1.00
The Penalty. Illustrated. net $1.35
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[Illustration: "If I had the power," he thought, "I'd settle this region with innocent people who have been accused of crimes."]
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IF YOU TOUCH THEM THEY VANISH
By Gouverneur Morris
With illustrations by Charles S. Chapman
New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1913
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Copyright, 1913, by Charles Scribner's Sons
Published October, 1913
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To John Frederick Byers
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Illustrations
"If I had the power," he thought, "I'd settle this region with innocent people who have been accused of crimes" Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
"Only come back, darlint"--she fought against tears--"and I'll fill the house with helpers from attic to cellar" 42
"Now how about a sawmill--right here?" 80
During the winter the Poor Boy made two excursions southward through his valley and beyond 86
She suddenly stopped running, and turned and waited for him 96
His fingers began to follow an air that flowed with eternal sadness like blood from a broken heart 120
"She will always be just as I see her now, no older, untroubled, gentle, and dear" 132
And then carrying her swiftly home, he proceeded to go quite mad 144
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Table of contents (by pages)
- 1: If You Touch Them They Vanish by Gouverneur Morris
- 2: Old Martha had seats for the play whenever she wanted them
- 3: And the young architect knew that
- 4: Cotter could see a cow moose and her calf
- 5: A dozen feet away old Martha fussed and fumed
- 6: For fear her boots might creak
- 7: Others by the midland air line
- 8: And even the young birds flew to the tops of trees
- 9: He dressed the straps of his skis and talked
- 10: Old Martha started for New York
- 11: And for a moment old Martha was dazed
- 12: She had given both her hands to Martha
- 13: Ludlow to save me from drowning
- 14: There'd be hours for housework
- 15: And her brogue became heavier and heavier upon her
- 16: I must send for books on the disposal of sewage
- 17: He got the whole village built
- 18: Yardsley was showing me about them only yesterday
- 19: Martha went boldly into the room to listen
- 20: Southward through his valley and beyond
- 21: So jolly but now except Wangog
- 22: Martha Martha come quick come quick
- 23: So we managed to misunderstand each other very thoroughly
- 24: Martha came at last from the dining room
- 25: The house opened directly on a terrace
- 26: Pearled Lord Harrow's daughter
- 27: Though we sang as angels in her ear
- 28: He looked with a certain longing at the bag of camphor balls
- 29: Has your helper got reddish brownish
- 30: Martha took it upon herself to open some of the telegrams
- 31: Clutching the front page of a newspaper
- 32: Her face was getting whiter and whiter