CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I. [THE HEATING OF THE IRON]
II. [THE SEARING TOUCH]
III. [IN THE NAME OF THE LAW]
IV. [SCARS]
V. [THE DOWNWARD PATH]
VI. [A GOOD SAMARITAN]
VII. [THE PLUNGE]
VIII. [WESTWARD]
IX. [THE CUP OF TREMBLING]
X. [THE PLAIN-CLOTHES MAN]
XI. [NUMBER 3126]
XII. [A CAST FOR FORTUNE]
XIII. [FOR THE SINEWS OF WAR]
XIV. [PAPER WALLS]
XV. [THE BROKEN WAGON]
XVI. [IN THE OPEN]
XVII. [ALADDIN'S LAMP]
XVIII. ["THE WOMAN . . . WHOSE HANDS ARE AS BANDS"]
XIX. [A RECKONING AND A HOLD-UP]
XX. [BROKEN FAITH]
XXI. [THE END OF A HONEYMOON]
XXII. [A WOMAN'S LOVE]
XXIII. [SKIES OF BRASS]
XXIV. [RESTORATION]
XXV. [THE MOUNTAIN'S TOP]