CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Fly on the Wheel | [1] |
| II. | The Odds against Young Nisbet | [21] |
| III. | A Face in the Crowd | [40] |
| IV. | As Between Friends | [60] |
| V. | A Brand from the Burning | [80] |
| VI. | McGrath laughs | [98] |
| VII. | The Mirage of Power | [117] |
| VIII. | The Governor unmasks | [137] |
| IX. | The Ninth passes in Review | [156] |
| X. | A Question and an Answer | [177] |
| XI. | Young Nisbet finds his Tongue | [196] |
| XII. | Diogenes | [215] |
| XIII. | The Instrument of Fate | [234] |
| XIV. | The Voice of Alleghenia | [252] |