CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I A NEW MAN IN TOWN[1]
II WARRICK RARIDAN[13]
III SWEET PEAS[24]
IV AT POINDEXTERS'[39]
V DEBATABLE QUESTIONS[53]
VI A SAFE MAN[70]
VII WARRY RARIDAN'S INDIGNATION[82]
VIII TIM MARGRAVE MAKES A CHOICE[92]
IX PARLEYINGS[97]
X A WRECKED CANNA BED[106]
XI THE KNIGHTS OF MIDAS BALL[121]
XII A MORNING AT ST. PAUL'S[136]
XIII BARGAIN AND SALE[152]
XIV THE GIRL THAT TRIES HARD[166]
XV AT THE COUNTRY CLUB[174]
XVI THE LADY AND THE BUNKER[193]
XVII WARRY'S REPENTANCE[206]
XVIII FATHER AND DAUGHTER[213]
XIX A FORECAST AT THE WHIPPLES'[229]
XX ORCHARD LANE[237]
XXI JAMES WHEATON MAKES A COMPUTATION[241]
XXII AN ANNUAL PASS[250]
XXIII WILLIAM PORTER RETURNS FROM A JOURNEY[258]
XXIV INTERRUPTED PLANS[266]
XXV JAMES WHEATON DECLINES AN OFFER[272]
XXVI THE KEY TO A DILEMMA[279]
XXVII A MEETING BETWEEN GENTLEMEN[289]
XXVIII BROKEN GLASS[299]
XXIX JOHN SAXTON, RECEIVER[310]
XXX GREEN CHARTREUSE[313]
XXXI PUZZLING AUTOGRAPHS[319]
XXXII CROSSED WIRES[323]
XXXIII A DISAPPEARANCE[332]
XXXIV JOHN SAXTON SUGGESTS A CLUE[339]
XXXV SHOTS IN THE DARK[352]
XXXVI HOME THROUGH THE SNOW[370]
XXXVII "A PECULIAR BRICK"[379]
XXXVIII OLD PHOTOGRAPHS[384]
XXXIX "IT IS CRUEL"[389]
XL SHIFTED BURDENS[399]
XLI RETROSPECTIVE VANITY[403]
XLII AT THE PARTING OF THE WAYS[407]

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