CONTENTS

I. ONE GIRL'S IDEAL OF LIFE
II. WEAKNESS
III. CONFIDENTIAL
IV. "PITILESS WAVES"
V. THE RUDIMENTS OF A MAN
VI. ROGER DISCOVERS A NEW TYPE
VII. COMPARISONS
VIII. CHANGES
IX. NEITHER BOY NOR MAN
X. A COUNCIL
XI. A SHADOW
XII. VIEWLESS FETTERS
XIII. A SCENE BENEATH THE HEMLOCKS
XIV. THE OLD MANSION
XV. "WELCOME HOME"
XVI. BELLE AND MILDRED
XVII. BELLE LAUNCHES HERSELF
XVIII. "I BELIEVE IN YOU"
XIX. BELLE JARS THE "SYSTEM"
XX. SEVERAL QUIET FORCES AT WORK
XXI. "HE'S A MAN"
XXII. SKILLED LABOR
XXIII. THE OLD ASTRONOMER
XXIV. ROGER REAPPEARS
XXV. THE DARK SHADOW OF COMING EVENTS
XXVI. WAXING AND WANING MANHOOD
XXVII. A SLAVE
XXVIII. NEW YORK'S HUMANITY
XXIX. THE BEATITUDES OF OPIUM
XXX. THE SECRET VICE REVEALED
XXXI. AN OPIUM MANIAC'S CHRISTMAS
XXXII. A BLACK CONSPIRACY
XXXIII. MILDRED IN A PRISON CELL
XXXIV. "A WISE JUDGE"
XXXV. "I AM SO PERPLEXED"
XXXVI. A WOMAN'S HEART
XXXVII. STRONG TEMPTATION
XXXVIII. NO "DARK CORNERS"
XXXIX. "HOME, SWEET HOME"
XL. NEIGHBORS
XLI. GLINTS OF SUNSHINE
XLII. HOPES GIVEN AND SLAIN
XLIII. WAS BELLE MURDERED
XLIV. THE FINAL CONSOLATIONS OF OPIUM
XLV. MOTHER AND SON
XLVI. A FATAL ERROR
XLVII. LIGHT AT EVENTIDE
XLVIII. "GOOD ANGEL OF GOD"
XLIX. HOME