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Some typographical errors have been corrected;a list follows the text. Contents. My Friend Pasquale:I.II.,III.,IV. The Lost Wedding-ring:I.,II.,III.,IV.,V.,VI.,VII.,VIII.,IX. The Legend Of The Red Moss Rapids. Two Ninety-day Options. A Strange Story:Mr. Johnstone’s Infirmity. Two Christmas Eves. Glancing Shafts:I.,II.,III.,IV.,V.,VI.,VII.,VIII. (etext transcriber's note)

MY FRIEND PASQUALE

AND OTHER STORIES

BY
JAMES SELWIN TAIT
AUTHOR OF
“WHO IS THE MAN?” “THE NEAPOLITAN BANKER,” ETC., ETC.


NEW YORK
TAIT, SONS & COMPANY
Union Square


Copyright, 1892, by
J. SELWIN TAIT
——
[All rights reserved]

 

TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF HER,
WHO FIRST INSPIRED MY PEN,
I DEDICATE THESE PAGES.

 

MY FRIEND PASQUALE.

CHAPTER I.

THE events narrated in the following story happened a score and more ofyears ago. They have never before been made public, and I make themknown now with pain and misgiving, but impelled by a sense of duty whichI can no longer disregard.

During their occurrence they changed the current of my life, once fromgrave to gay, and then and finally, from gaiety to unspeakable gloom.Although time has to some extent dulled the edge of my grief at the lossof my friend Pasquale, his memory will remain with me while life lastsas a cherished and sacred thing.

When the reader ends this simple narration this eulogy of

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