The Wind Before the Dawn
THE WIND BEFORE THE DAWN
“THE GIRL ALSO KNELT AT HIS SIDE RENDERING SUCH ASSISTANCE AS WAS IN HER POWER”
THE WIND BEFORE
THE DAWN
BY DELL H. MUNGER
A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York
Copyright, 1912, by
Doubleday, Page & Company
All rights reserved, including that of
translation into foreign languages,
including the Scandinavian
Dell H. Munger
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CHAPTER I
CASTLES IN SPAIN
CHAPTER II
BRUSHING UP TO GO TO TOPEKA
CHAPTER III
REFORMS NOT EASY TO DISCUSS
CHAPTER IV
A CULTURED MAN
CHAPTER V
REACHING HUNGRY HANDS TOWARD A SYMBOL
CHAPTER VI
“DIDN’T TAKE ’EM LONG”
CHAPTER VII
ERASING HER BLACKBOARD
VIII
CYCLONES
CHAPTER IX
“AGAINST HER INSTINCTS, AGAINST HER BETTER JUDGMENT, AGAINST HER WILL”
CHAPTER X
PHILOSOPHY OF ELIZABETH’S LIFE VOICED
CHAPTER XI
“WIVES, SUBMIT YOURSELVES UNTO YOUR HUSBANDS, AS UNTO THE LORD”
CHAPTER XII
“PORE LITTLE WOMAN”
CHAPTER XIII
“ENNOBLED BY THE REFLECTED STORY OF ANOTHER’S GOODNESS AND LOVE”
CHAPTER XIV
MORTGAGES OF SOUL
CHAPTER XV
HUGH NOLAND
CHAPTER XVI
REVIVIFYING FIRES
CHAPTER XVII
ADJUSTING DOMESTIC TO SOCIAL IDEALS
CHAPTER XVIII
THE CHILD OF HER BODY
CHAPTER XIX
“HER WAGES, FOOD AND CLOTHING SHE MUST ACCEPT”
CHAPTER XX
THE CREAM-JARS OF HER LIFE
CHAPTER XXI
BOUND TO THE STAKE
CHAPTER XXII
“THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE HAVE TO SETTLE FOR OURSELVES”
CHAPTER XXIII
“AT ANY COST”
CHAPTER XXIV
FACING CONSEQUENCES
CHAPTER XXV
“THE WEIGHT OF A DOLLAREE AND OUT OF DEBT DON’T FORGET THAT”
CHAPTER XXVI
“WAS—WAS MY PAPA HERE THEN?”
CHAPTER XXVII
TO DO OVER, AND TO DO BETTER, WAS THE OPPORTUNITY OFFERED
CHAPTER XXVIII
“TILL DEATH DO YOU PART” CONSIDERED