[Frontispiece: "Excellency, as a gentleman who is not a coward, itbehooves you to explain!"]

DIANE OF THE GREEN VAN

BY

LEONA DALRYMPLE

"In Arcadie, the Land of Hearte's Desire,
    Lette us linger whiles with Luveres fond;
A sparklynge Comedie they playe—with Fire—
    Unwyttynge Fate stands waytynge with hir Wande."

Illustrations by Reginald Birch

Chicago
The Reilly & Britton Co.
Third printing

1914

Diane of the Green Van was awarded the $10,000.00 prize in a novelcontest in which over five hundred manuscripts were submitted.

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