THE

WITNESS

A NOVEL

BY

GRACE LIVINGSTON HILL LUTZ

AUTHOR OF
A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS, Etc.

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NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

Published by Arrangement with Harper & Brothers

Made in the United States of America

The Witness

Copyright, 1917, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America

TO MY MOTHER
Marcia Macdonald Livingston

WHOSE HELPFUL CRITICISM AND LOVING ENCOURAGEMENT
HAVE BEEN WITH ME THROUGH THE YEARS

"He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness inhimself."

—I John 5:10

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