THE FOOLISH LOVERS

BY

ST. JOHN G. ERVINE


New York


1920


TO MY MOTHER

who asked me to write a story without any "Bad words" in it;

and

TO MRS. J. O. HANNAY

who asked me to write a story without any "Sex" in it.




THE FIRST BOOK OF THE FOOLISH LOVERS

Why, 'tis an office of discovery, love!
_The Merchant of Venice._