CONTENTS
BOOK ONE | ||
CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Betty | [1] |
| II. | Watching the Bees | [9] |
| III. | A Mother’s Struggle | [23] |
| IV. | Leave-Taking | [34] |
| V. | The Passing of Time | [49] |
| VI. | The End of the War | [59] |
| VII. | A New Era Begins | [69] |
| VIII. | Mary Ballard’s Discovery | [87] |
| IX. | The Banker’s Point of View | [97] |
| X. | The Nutting Party | [110] |
| XI. | Betty Ballard’s Awakening | [125] |
| XII. | Mysterious Findings | [139] |
| XIII. | Confession | [157] |
BOOK TWO | ||
| XIV. | Out of the Desert | [168] |
| XV. | The Big Man’s Return | [183] |
| XVI. | A Peculiar Position | [198] |
| XVII. | Adopting a Family | [208] |
| XVIII. | Larry Kildene’s Story | [219] |
| XIX. | The Mine––And the Departure | [237] |
| XX. | Alone on the Mountain | [252] |
| XXI. | The Violin | [267] |
| XXII. | The Beast on the Trail | [282] |
| XXIII. | A Discourse on Lying | [295] |
| XXIV. | Amalia’s Fête | [305] |
| XXV. | Harry King Leaves the Mountain | [318] |
BOOK THREE | ||
| XXVI. | The Little School-Teacher | [331] |
| XXVII. | The Swede’s Telegram | [342] |
| XXVIII. | “A Resemblance Somewhere” | [354] |
| XXIX. | The Arrest | [365] |
| XXX. | The Argument | [376] |
| XXXI. | Robert Kater’s Success | [387] |
| XXXII. | The Prisoner | [408] |
| XXXIII. | Hester Craigmile Receives Her Letter | [422] |
| XXXIV. | Jean Craigmile’s Return | [433] |
| XXXV. | The Trial | [445] |
| XXXVI. | Nels Nelson’s Testimony | [453] |
| XXXVII. | The Stranger’s Arrival | [463] |
| XXXVIII. | Betty Ballard’s Testimony | [475] |
| XXXIX. | Reconciliation | [487] |
| XL. | The Same Boy | [499] |