THE IRON WOMAN

BY

MARGARET DELAND

"_This was the iniquity ... fulness of bread, and abundance of
idleness...._"--EZEKIEL, xvi., 49



TO MY

PATIENT, RUTHLESS, INSPIRING CRITIC LORIN DELAND

August 12, 1911



ILLUSTRATIONS

"LOOK!"
"BLAIR IS IN LOVE WITH ME!"
"I THINK YOU ARE REASONABLE ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US"
"ELIZABETH, MARRY ME!"
"OF COURSE YOU KNOW MY OPINION OF YOU"
SHE WHEELED ABOUT, AND STOOD, SWAYING WITH FRIGHT
"WILL YOU LIVE? WILL YOU GIVE ME LIFE?"
CLUTCHING HER SHOULDER, SHE LOOKED HARD INTO THE YOUNGER
WOMAN'S FACE