Excerpt from The Argonaut, Vol. 85: June 5, 1919 The adopted child of unknown parentage has certainly worked overtime in the hands of the modern novelist, but Margaret Baillie - Saun ders fetches him forth once more upon the stage. In this case he is known as Roger Pen craft, ward of George Pencraft, dealer in saw dust, artist, saint, and devoted lay official of a High Anglican Church. But Roger's parentage is not exactly a se cret, at least it is an open one. He is the son of a Mme. De Sales, with Whom George Pen craft was once in love, but who deserted him for a more attractive and more worldly al liance. Mme. De Sales gives birth to Roger and then marries his father, but allows their child to be cared for by charity until her old lover discovers and adopts him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.