Contents [PART I] [CHAPTER I. THE STRANGER AT THE BROCK HOUSE] [CHAPTER II. THE PALMETTO CLEARING] [CHAPTER III. THE INTERVIEW] [CHAPTER IV. HOPING AND WAITING] [CHAPTER V. MISS DORY] [CHAPTER VI. THE SERVICES] [CHAPTER VII. COL. CROMPTON] [CHAPTER VIII. THE CHILD OF THE CLEARING] [CHAPTER IX. THE COLONEL AND JAKE] [CHAPTER X. EUDORA] [PART II] [CHAPTER I. HOWARD CROMPTON TO JACK HARCOURT] [CHAPTER II. JACK HARCOURT TO HOWARD CROMPTON] [CHAPTER III. ELOISE] [CHAPTER IV. THE ACCIDENT] [CHAPTER V. AMY] [CHAPTER VI. AT MRS. BIGGS'S] [CHAPTER VII. RUBY ANN PATRICK] [CHAPTER VIII. MRS. BIGGS'S REMINISCENCES] [CHAPTER IX. LETTER FROM REV. CHARLES MASON] [CHAPTER X. PART SECOND OF REV. MR. MASON'S LETTER] [CHAPTER XI. SUNDAY CALLS] [CHAPTER XII. THE MARCH OF EVENTS] [CHAPTER XIII. GETTING READY FOR THE RUMMAGE SALE] [CHAPTER XIV. THE FIRST SALE] [CHAPTER XV. AT THE RUMMAGE] [CHAPTER XVI. THE AUCTION] [PART III] [CHAPTER I. THE BEGINNING OF THE END] [CHAPTER II. THE LITTLE RED CLOAK] [CHAPTER III. ELOISE AT THE CROMPTON HOUSE] [CHAPTER IV. THE SHADOW OF DEATH] [CHAPTER V. LOOKING FOR A WILL] [CHAPTER VI. IN FLORIDA] [CHAPTER VII. IN THE PALMETTO CLEARING] [CHAPTER VIII. THE LITTLE HAIR TRUNK] [CHAPTER IX. WHAT HOWARD FOUND] [CHAPTER X. HOWARD'S TEMPTATION] [CHAPTER XI. CONCLUSION]