CONTENTS

CHAP.
I. THE BAITING OF THE ANCIENT LION
II. THE LINE-UP OF THE FIGHT
III. DENNIS KAVANAGH'S GIRL
IV. THE DUKE AT BAY
V. A CAUCUS, AS IT WAS PLANNED
VI. A CAUCUS, AND HOW IT WAS RUN
VII. WITH THE KAVANAGH AT HOME
VIII. THE MANTLE OF THELISMER THORNTON
IX. IN THE CENTRE OF THE BIG STATE WEB
X. A POLITICAL CONVERT
XI. A MAN FROM THE SHADOWS
XII. DEALS AND IDEALS
XIII. THE DUKE'S DOUBLE CAMPAIGN
XIV. THE BEES AND THE WOULD-BES
XV. SITTING IN FOR THE DEAL
XVI. THE HANDS ARE DEALT
XVII. THE ODD TRICK
XVIII. THE SHEPHERD AND THE SHEEP
XIX. THE RAMRODDERS RAMPANT
XX. A GIRL'S HEART
XXI. STARTING A MULE TEAM
XXII. FROM THE MOUTH OF A MAID
XXIII. A TRUCE
XXIV. A GOVERNOR AND A MAID
XXV. WOMEN, AND ONE WOMAN
XXVI. THE WAY OF A MAID WITH A MAID
XXVII. THE EVERLASTING PROBLEM
XXVIII. ONE PROBLEM SOLVED