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This was the evening of the day after election. Jael was at Lothian Farm. Supper, which had been made there the high communion rite of the day, was taking place when Capuchin came. There were no servants. His knock at the door was answered by the nearest Lothian, who, on seeing Capuchin, left the door open and silently returned to the table. He entered, closed the door, and advanced to greet Jael. His face wore an ingratiating expression, which was disagreeable, and there was a way of stealth about him.

The
AMERICAN OMEN

BY

GARET GARRETT

Author of “Ouroboros,” “The Cinder-Buggy,” etc.

THE AMERICAN OMEN, COPYRIGHT, 1928
BY E. P. DUTTON & CO., INC.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED     : :     PRINTED IN U.S.A.

NOTE:

Contained herein is matter that appeared serially as “The American Book of Wonder” in The Saturday Evening Post.

VISTA

THERE have been two great American constructions.

THE AMERICAN OMEN

THE AMERICAN OMEN

REVOLT OF THE MIND

CONFLICT

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Native Ways of Feeling

WHAT is a way of thinking? Thought may be feeling rationalized; feeling may be thought emotionalized. A way of thinking will not move people until it has become also a way of feeling.