CONTENTS

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I. The Face in the Locket[ 3]
II. The Lady of Difficult Occasions[ 21]
III. A Letter, a Bottle and an Old Friend[ 28]
IV. The Ways of Wayne Craighill[ 42]
V. A Child of the Iron City[ 59]
VI. Before a Portrait by Sargent[ 73]
VII. Wayne Counsels his Sister[ 86]
VIII. The Coming of Mrs. Craighill[ 101]
IX. “Help Me to be a Good Woman”[ 114]
X. Mr. Walsh Meets Mrs. Craighill[ 126]
XI. Paddock Delivers an Invitation[ 144]
XII. The Shadows Against the Flame[ 155]
XIII. Jean Morley[ 160]
XIV. A Light Supper for Two[ 175]
XV. Mrs. Blair is Displeased[ 190]
XVI. The Trip to Boston[ 206]
XVII. Mrs. Craighill Bides at Home[ 224]
XVIII. The Snow-storm at Rosedale[ 240]
XIX. Mr. Wingfield Calls on Mr. Walsh[ 262]
XX. Evening at the Craighills’[ 274]
XXI. Soundings in Deep Waters[ 292]
XXII. A Conference at the Allequippa[ 299]
XXIII. The End of a Sleigh-ride[ 307]
XXIV. Jean Answers a Question[ 317]
XXV. Colonel Craighill is Annoyed[ 327]
XXVI. Colonel Craighill Scores a Point[ 335]
XXVII. “I’m Going Back to Joe”[ 344]
XXVIII. Closed Doors[ 355]
XXIX. “You Love Another Man, Jean”[ 368]
XXX. The House of Peace[ 378]
XXXI. Wayne Sees Jean Again[ 397]
XXXII. An Angry Encounter[ 408]
XXXIII. The High Moment of Their Lives[ 416]
XXXIV. The Heart of the Bugle[ 428]
XXXV. Golden Bridge[ 446]
XXXVI. Two Old Friends Seek Wayne[ 460]
XXXVII. Wayne Visits His Father’s House[ 467]
XXXVIII. “They’re Callin’ Strikes on Me”[ 475]
XXXIX. We See Walsh Again[ 487]
XL. The Belated Appearance of John McCandless Blair[ 493]
XLI. “My City—Our City”[ 498]