Three Times and Out

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Three Times and Out, by Nellie L. McClung This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Three Times and Out Author: Nellie L. McClung Release Date: July 11, 2004 [EBook #12880] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THREE TIMES AND OUT *** Thanks to A Celebration of Women Writers http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/ for providing the source text. THREE TIMES AND OUT TOLD BY PRIVATE SIMMONS WRITTEN BY NELLIE L. MCCLUNG Author of SOWING SEEDS IN DANNY, IN TIMES LIKE THESE, and THE NEXT OF KIN With Illustrations TORONTO THOMAS ALLEN BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY 1918 To the companion who failed through no fault of his and no lack of courage TOM BROMLEY loyal friend and best of com- rades, this book is dedicated. Frontispiece: Private Simmons PREFACE When a young man whom I had not seen until that day came to see me in Edmonton, and told me he had a story which he thought was worth writing, and which he wanted me to write for him, I told him I could not undertake to do it for I was writing a story of my own, but that I could no doubt find some one who would do it for him.