CHAPTER XV

DEDICATION

If I were hanged on the highest hill, _Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine!_ I know whose love would follow me still, _Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine!_

If I were drowned in the deepest sea, _Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine!_ I know whose tears would come down to me, _Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine!_

If I were damned of body and soul, I know whose prayers would make me whole, _Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine!_

PREFACE

This is the story of _The Light that Failed_ as it was originally conceived by the writer.

RUDYARD KIPLING

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