Her lips trembled, but she spoke in a clear undertone,
audible only to him, which faltered the merest trifle ([Page 316].)

THE LONG LANE'S TURNING

BY

HALLIE ERMINIE RIVES

(Mrs. Post Wheeler)

Author of "Satan Sanderson" "Hearts Courageous,"
"The Valiants of Virginia," etc.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
FRANCES ROGERS

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1917

Copyright, 1916, 1917
By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.
as "The Heart of a Man"

Copyright, 1917
By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I [THE COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENCE]
II [A MAN AND A WOMAN]
III [THE AWAKENING]
IV [THE PRODIGAL]
V [THE UNLAID GHOST]
VI [THE JUDGE SITS IN THE LAMPLIGHT]
VII [ARROWS OF DESIRE]
VIII [THE THRUST]
IX [THE TURN OF THE LONG LANE]
X [AFTER A YEAR]
XI [CRAIG FINDS HIS WEAPON]
XII [A HOSTAGE TO THE BOTTLE]
XIII [THE HEART OF A MAN]
XIV [THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL]
XV [THE ONLY WAY]
XVI [DERELICT]
XVII [LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT]
XVIII [THE PRICE]
XIX [PADDY THE BRICK INTERVENES]
XX [WHAT MATTERED MOST]
XXI [CRAIG'S WAY]
XXII [HARRY DECIDES]
XXIII [THE BROKEN PICTURE]
XXIV [THE WOMAN WHO KNEW]
XXV [ON TRIAL]
XXVI [THE HAUNTER OF THE SHADOW]
XXVII [THE END OF THE JOURNEY]
XXVIII [THE MAN IN THE WHEELED CHAIR]
XXIX [THE LONE BATTLE]
XXX [THE GIPSY RING]
XXXI [AMBUSH]
XXXII [THE COMING OF JOHN STARK]
XXXIII [THE UNDERSTUDY]
XXXIV [THE CRUCIBLE]
XXXV [SANCTUARY]
XXXVI [JUBILEE JIM'S JOURNEY]
XXXVII [THE CALL]
XXXVIII [THE CHALLENGE]
XXXIX [THE JAILBIRD]
XL [GENTLEMEN ALL]
XLI [DARK DAYS]
XLII [THE MENDED ROAD]
XLIII [THE PITFALL]
XLIV [THE LIGHTED FUSE]
XLV [THE CHASM]
XLVI [CRAIG STRIKES]
XLVII [WITH HIS BACK TO THE WALL]
XLVIII [THE HEART OF A WOMAN]
XLIX [THE GOVERNOR TAKES A HAND]
L [REVELATION]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ Her lips trembled, but she spoke in a clear
undertone, audible only to him, which faltered
the merest trifle. (Page 316) . . . Frontispiece ]

[ "I have answered you," she replied, "once and for all.
You will please consider it final" ]

[ He turned his head and saw the figure in the doorway.
"Echo!" he cried and rose to his feet ]

[ All at once the hound flung up his great head with a
low howl, then, crouching, licked the nerveless
hand that hung down ]