CONTENTS.

CHAPTERPAGE
I.Present and Absent[11]
II.Domestic[25]
III.The Unexpected[44]
IV.The Trials of Margaret[61]
V.A New Type[77]
VI.A Lesson in Geography[96]
VII.The Dauntless Three[114]
VIII.The First Conquest[129]
IX.A Newcomer[145]
X."I Must Help Myself"[164]
XI.The Second Conquest[179]
XII.The Voice of Fernley[195]
XIII.Who Did It?[212]
XIV.Black Spirits and White[231]
XV.A Departure[249]
XVI.Peace[264]