SPELLBINDERS

BY
MARGARET CULKIN BANNING
AUTHOR OF “HALF LOAVES,” “THIS MARRYING,” ETC.
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1922,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY THE METROPOLITAN PUBLICATIONS, INC.
SPELLBINDERS. II
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO MY FATHER
WILLIAM E. CULKIN
WHO HAS TAUGHT ME OF POLITICS
AND PHILOSOPHY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
[I][AT THE BROWNLEYS’][11]
[II][FREDA][30]
[III][ON THE STUMP][36]
[IV][CITY MICE][45]
[V][A HUSBAND][64]
[VI][MARGARET][76]
[VII][AN UGLY GLIMPSE][87]
[VIII][ADVENTURE][97]
[IX][WORK FOR FREDA][108]
[X][THE CLEAN WIND][116]
[XI][NEWSPAPER CUTS][126]
[XII][GREGORY LECTURES][135]
[XIII][LIFE ENTRUSTED][141]
[XIV][WHAT WAS TO BE EXPECTED][152]
[XV][THE CONVENTION][174]
[XVI][MR. SABLE STARTS SOMETHING][188]
[XVII][GAGE FINISHES IT][207]
[XVIII][IN HOSPITAL][220]
[XIX][MENTAL SURGERY][229]
[XX][BARBARA BREAKS LOOSE][243]
[XXI][WALTER’S SOLUTION][259]
[XXII][THE MOURNERS][272]
[XXIII][RESPITE][278]

SPELLBINDERS

CHAPTER I
AT THE BRONWLEYS’