Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 46945-h.htm or 46945-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46945/46945-h/46945-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46945/46945-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through the the Google Books Library Project. See http://www.google.com/books?id=_BYeAAAAMAAJ Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Text enclosed by equal signs is in bold face (=bold=). RICH MAN, POOR MAN [Illustration: "'Not just a cousin, Bab! Not that--can't you see!'" PAGE 172] RICH MAN, POOR MAN by MAXIMILIAN FOSTER Author of "The Whistling Man," "Keeping Up Appearances," etc. Illustrated by F. R. Gruger D. Appleton and Company New York London 1916 Copyright, 1916, by D. Appleton and Company Copyright, 1915, by the Curtis Publishing Company Printed in the United States of America CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. 1 II. 11 III. 26 IV. 41 V. 49 VI. 59 VII. 72 VIII. 93 IX. 105 X. 113 XI. 122 XII. 139 XIII. 157 XIV. 164 XV. 176 XVI. 191 XVII. 207 XVIII. 215 XIX. 227 XX. 245 XXI. 257 XXII. 275 XXIII. 290 XXIV. 299 XXV. 310 XXVI. 319 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "'Not just a cousin, Bab! Not that--can't you see!'" _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE "'Do you know, I've never been at a dance!'" 18 "One thought stood out ... she had lost Varick." 220 "'It's you he wants and you he's going to have!'" 288 RICH MAN, POOR MAN I