THE PLUM TREE

SHE WAS AT THE STATION IN HER PHAETON TO MEET ME

THE PLUM TREE By DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS Author of The Cost, Golden Fleece, Etc. ILLUSTRATED BY E. M. ASHE NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS

March

I	HOW IT ALL BEGAN	[1]
II	AT THE COURT OF A SOVEREIGN	[17]
III	SAYLER "DRAWS THE LINE"	[33]
IV	THE SCHOOL OF LIFE-AS-IT-IS	[44]
V	A GOOD MAN AND HIS WOES	[68]
VI	MISS RAMSAY REVOLTS	[78]
VII	BYGONES	[96]
VIII	A CALL FROM "THE PARTY"	[107]
IX	TO THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY	[123]
X	THE FACE IN THE CROWD	[136]
XI	BURBANK	[144]
XII	BURBANK FIRES THE POPULAR HEART	[163]
XIII	ROEBUCK & CO. PASS UNDER THE YOKE	[168]
XIV	A "BOOM-FACTORY"	[177]
XV	MUTINY	[193]
XVI	A VICTORY FOR THE PEOPLE	[199]
XVII	SCARBOROUGH	[209]
XVIII	A DANGEROUS PAUSE	[221]
XIX	DAVID SENT OUT AGAINST GOLIATH	[224]
XX	PILGRIMS AND PATRIOTS	[234]
XXI	AN INTERLUDE	[249]
XXII	MOSTLY ABOUT MONEY	[261]
XXIII	IN WHICH A MOUSE HELPS A LION	[271]
XXIV	GRANBY INTRUDES AGAIN	[282]
XXV	AN HOUR OF EMOTION	[292]
XXVI	"ONLY AN OLD JOKE"	[296]
XXVII	A DOMESTIC DISCORD	[306]
XXVIII	UNDER A CRAYON PORTRAIT	[314]
XXIX	A LETTER FROM THE DEAD	[327]
XXX	A PHILOSOPHER RUDELY INTERRUPTED	[333]
XXXI	HARVEY SAYLER, SWINEHERD	[345]
XXXII	A GLANCE BEHIND THE MASK OF GRANDEUR	[365]
XXXIII	A "SPASM OF VIRTUE"	[380]
XXXIV	"LET US HELP EACH OTHER"	[387]

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