LIGHTFOOT THE DEER

BY

THORNTON W. BURGESS

With Illustrations by

HARRISON CADY

GROSSET & DUNLAP

Publishers         New York

Printed by arrangement with Little, Brown, and Company

COPYRIGHT 1921 BY THORNTON W. BURGESS

ISBN: 0-448-02741-0 (TRADE EDITION)

ISBN: 0-448-13721-6 (LIBRARY EDITION)

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BY ARRANGEMENT WITH LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Dedication
TO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF OUR
FOUR-FOOTED FRIENDS IN THE GREEN FOREST
WITH THE HOPE THAT THIS LITTLE VOLUME
MAY IN SOME DEGREE AID IN THE
PROTECTION OF THE INNOCENT
AND HELPLESS

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