CONTENTSCHAPTER I [A FATHER INVITES DISASTER]II [OLIVIA TO THE RESCUE]III [AND SCARBOROUGH]IV [A DUMONT TRIUMPH]V [FOUR FRIENDS]VI ["LIKE HIS FATHER"]VII [PAULINE AWAKENS]VIII [THE DECISION]IX [A THOROUGHBRED RUNS AWAY]X [MRS. JOHN DUMONT]XI [YOUNG AMERICA]XII [AFTER EIGHT YEARS]XIII ["MY SISTER IN LAW, GLADYS"]XIV [STRAINING AT THE ANCHORS]XV [GRADUATED PEARLS]XVI [CHOICE AMONG EVILS]XVII [TWO AND THE BARRIER]XVIII [ON THE FARM]XIX [PAULINE GOES INTO POLITICS]XX [A MAN IN HIS MIGHT]XXI [A COYOTE AT BAY]XXII [STORMS IN THE WEST]XXIII [A SEA SURPRISE]XXIV [DUMONT BETRAYS DUMONT]XXV [THE FALLEN KING]XXVI [A DESPERATE RALLY]XXVII [THE OTHER MAN'S MIGHT]XXVIII [AFTER THE LONG WINTER]