Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Internet Archive. The Bread Line [Illustration] The Bread Line A Story of a Paper By Albert Bigelow Paine [Illustration] New York The Century Co. 1900 Copyright, 1899, By THE J. B. LIPPINCOTT CO. * * * * * Copyright, 1900, By THE CENTURY CO. To Those Who have Started Papers, to Those Who have Thought of Starting Papers, and to Those Who are Thinking of Starting Papers. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I THE FIRST DINNER 1 II FRISBY'S SCHEME 15 III A LETTER FROM THE "DEAREST GIRL IN THE WORLD," OTHERWISE MISS DOROTHY CASTLE OF CLEVELAND, TO MR. TRUMAN LIVINGSTONE OF NEW YORK 29 IV SOME PREMIUMS 36 V A LETTER FROM MR. TRUMAN LIVINGSTONE OF NEW YORK TO MISS DOROTHY CASTLE OF CLEVELAND 52 VI CASH FOR NAMES 61 VII A LETTER FROM MISS DOROTHY CASTLE OF CLEVELAND TO MR. TRUMAN LIVINGSTONE OF NEW YORK 84 VIII THE COURSE OF EVENTS 92 IX IN THE SANCTUM 108 X A LETTER FROM MR. TRUMAN LIVINGSTONE OF NEW YORK TO MISS DOROTHY CASTLE OF CLEVELAND 116 XI THE GENTLE ART OF ADVERTISING 125 XII A LETTER FROM MISS DOROTHY CASTLE OF CLEVELAND TO MR. TRUMAN LIVINGSTONE OF NEW YORK 144 XIII THE HOUR OF DARK FOREBODING 149 XIV A LETTER FROM MR. TRUMAN LIVINGSTONE OF NEW YORK TO MISS DOROTHY CASTLE OF CLEVELAND 158 XV FINAL STRAWS 165 XVI AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW 176 XVII A TELEGRAM FROM MISS DOROTHY CASTLE OF CLEVELAND TO MR. TRUMAN LIVINGSTONE OF NEW YORK 187 XVIII GRABBING AT STRAWS 188 XIX A LETTER FROM MR. TRUMAN LIVINGSTONE OF NEW YORK TO MISS DOROTHY CASTLE OF CLEVELAND 196 XX THE BARK OF THE WOLF 204 XXI THE LETTER LIVINGSTONE READ 209 XXII THE BREAD LINE 214 XXIII THE LAST LETTER--TO MR. AND MRS. TRUMAN LIVINGSTONE, OLD POINT COMFORT, VIRGINIA 227 The Bread Line I THE FIRST DINNER