1902. Deland's career began in the greeting card business. The story begins: Dr. Lavendar, said William King, some time when Goliath is doing his 2.40 on a plank road, don't you want to pull him up at that house on the Perryville pike where the Grays used to live, and make a call? An old fellow called Roberts has taken it; he is a- Teach your grandmother, said Dr. Lavendar; he is an Irvingite. He comes from Lower Ripple, down on the Ohio, and he has a daughter, Philippa. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.