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CONTENTS

[ CHAPTER I. — SCHOOL BEGINS. ]

[ CHAPTER II. — HOPE WAYNE. ]

[ CHAPTER III. — AVE MARIA! ]

[ CHAPTER IV. — NIGHT. ]

[ CHAPTER V. — PEEWEE PREACHING. ]

[ CHAPTER VI. — EXPERIMENTUM CRUCIS. ]

[ CHAPTER VII. — CASTLE DANGEROUS. ]

[ CHAPTER VIII. — AFTER THE BATTLE. ]

[ CHAPTER IX. — NEWS FROM HOME. ]

[ CHAPTER X. — BEGINNING TO SKETCH. ]

[ CHAPTER XI. — A VERDICT AND A SENTENCE. ]

[ CHAPTER XII. — HELP, HO! ]

[ CHAPTER XIII. — SOCIETY. ]

[ CHAPTER XIV. — A NEW YORK MERCHANT. ]

[ CHAPTER XV. — A SCHOOL-BOY NO LONGER. ]

[ CHAPTER XVI. — PHILOSOPHY. ]

[ CHAPTER XVII. — OF GIRLS AND FLOWERS. ]

[ CHAPTER XVIII. — OLD FRIENDS AND NEW. ]

[ CHAPTER XIX. — DOG-DAYS. ]

[ CHAPTER XX. — AUNT MARTHA. ]

[ CHAPTER XXI. — THE CAMPAIGN. ]

[ CHAPTER XXII. — THE FINE ARTS. ]

[ CHAPTER XXIII. — BONIFACE NEWT, SON, AND CO., DRY GOODS ON COMMISSION. ]

[ CHAPTER XXIV. — “QUEEN AND HUNTRESS.” ]

[ CHAPTER XXV. — A STATESMAN—AND STATESWOMAN. ]

[ CHAPTER XXVI. — THE PORTRAIT AND THE MINIATURE. ]

[ CHAPTER XXVII. — GABRIEL AT HOME. ]

[ CHAPTER XXVIII. — BORN TO BE A BACHELOR. ]

[ CHAPTER XXIX. — MR. ABEL NEWT, GRAND STREET. ]

[ CHAPTER XXX. — CHECK. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXI. — AT DELMONICO’S. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXII. — MRS. THEODORE KINGFISHER AT HOME. On dansera. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXIII. — ANOTHER TURN IN THE WALTZ. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXIV. — HEAVEN’S LAST BEST GIFT. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXV. — MOTHER-IN-LAW AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXVI. — THE BACK WINDOW. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXVII. — ABEL NEWT, vice SLIGO MOULTRIE REMOVED. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXVIII. — THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXIX. — A FIELD-DAY. ]

[ CHAPTER XL. — AT THE ROUND TABLE. ]

[ CHAPTER XLI. — A LITTLE DINNER. ]

[ CHAPTER XLII. — CLEARING AND CLOUDY. ]

[ CHAPTER XLIII. — WALKING HOME. ]

[ CHAPTER XLIV. — CHURCH GOING. ]

[ CHAPTER XLV. — IN CHURCH. ]

[ CHAPTER XLVI. — IN ANOTHER CHURCH. ]

[ CHAPTER XLVII. — DEATH. ]

[ CHAPTER XLVIII. — THE HEIRESS. ]

[ CHAPTER XLIX. — A SELECT PARTY. ]

[ CHAPTER L. — WINE AND TRUTH. ]

[ CHAPTER LI. — A WARNING. ]

[ CHAPTER LII. — BREAKERS. ]

[ CHAPTER LIII. — SLIGO MOULTRIE vice ABEL NEWT. ]

[ CHAPTER LIV. — CLOUDS AND DARKNESS. ]

[ CHAPTER LV. — ARTHUR MERLIN’S GREAT PICTURE. ]

[ CHAPTER LVI. — REDIVIVUS. ]

[ CHAPTER LVII. — DINING WITH LAWRENCE NEWT. ]

[ CHAPTER LVIII. — THE HEALTH OF THE JUNIOR PARTNER. ]

[ CHAPTER LIX. — MRS. ALFRED DINKS. ]

[ CHAPTER LX. — POLITICS. ]

[ CHAPTER LXI. — GONE TO PROTEST. ]

[ CHAPTER LXII. — THE CRASH, UP TOWN. ]

[ CHAPTER LXIII. — ENDYMION. ]

[ CHAPTER LXIV. — DIANA. ]

[ CHAPTER LXV. — THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. ]

[ CHAPTER LXVI. — MENTOR AND TELEMACHUS. ]

[ CHAPTER LXVII. — WIRES. ]

[ CHAPTER LXVIII. — THE INDUSTRIOUS APPRENTICE. ]

[ CHAPTER LXIX. — IN AND OUT. ]

[ CHAPTER LXX. — THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE. ]

[ CHAPTER LXXI. — RICHES HAVE WINGS. ]

[ CHAPTER LXXII. — GOOD-BY. ]

[ CHAPTER LXXIII. — THE BELCH PLATFORM. ]

[ CHAPTER LXXIV. — MIDNIGHT. ]

[ CHAPTER LXXV. — REMINISCENCE. ]

[ CHAPTER LXXVI. — A SOCIAL GLASS. ]

[ CHAPTER LXXVII. — FACE TO FACE. ]

[ CHAPTER LXXVIII. — FINISHING PICTURES. ]

[ CHAPTER LXXIX. — THE LAST THROW. ]

[ CHAPTER LXXX. — CLOUDS BREAKING. ]

[ CHAPTER LXXXI. — MRS. ALFRED DINKS AT HOME. ]

[ CHAPTER LXXXII. — THE LOST IS FOUND. ]

[ CHAPTER LXXXIII. — MRS. DELILAH JONES. ]

[ CHAPTER LXXXIV. — PROSPECTS OF HAPPINESS. ]

[ CHAPTER LXXXV. — GETTING READY. ]

[ CHAPTER LXXXVI. — IN THE CITY. ]

[ CHAPTER LXXXVII. — A LONG JOURNEY. ]

[ CHAPTER LXXXVIII. — WAITING. ]

[ CHAPTER LXXXIX. — DUST TO DUST. ]

[ CHAPTER XC. ]