DOMINIE DEAN

A Novel

By Ellis Parker Butler

1917

Fleming And Revell Company

My Dear Mr. Dare:
That day when you came to my home and suggested that I write the book towhich I now gratefully prefix this brief dedication, I little imaginedhow real David Dean would become to me. I have just written the lastpage of his story and I feel less that he is a creature of myimagination than that he is someone I have known and loved all my life.
It was because there are many such men as David Dean, big of heart andgreat in spirit, that you suggested the writing and helped me withincident and inspiration. Your hope was that the story might aid thosewho regret that such men as David Dean can be neglected and cast asideafter lives spent in faithful service, and who are working to preventsuch tragedies; my desire was to tell as truthfully as possible thestory of one such man.
While I have had a free hand in developing the character of David Dean,I most gratefully acknowledge that the suggestion of the idea, and theinspiration, were yours, and I hope I have not misused them.
Most sincerely,
Ellis Parker Butler
Flushing, N. Y.

CONTENTS

VI. THE BLACK PRUNELLA GAITERS

VII. MACK

VIII. THE GREATER GOOD

IX. LUCILLE HARDCOME

X. LUCILLE DISCOVERS DAVID

XI. STEVE TERRILL