THE CASSOWARY


What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains

BY STANLEY WATERLOO

Author of "The Story of Ab,"
"The Seekers,"
"The Wolf's Long Howl,"
"The Story of a Strange Career,"
Etc., Etc.

PUBLISHERS

MONARCH BOOK COMPANY

CHICAGO

COPYRIGHT 1906 BY
MONARCH BOOK COMPANY
CHICAGO


CONTENTS

ChapterPage
I.[What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains]1
II.[A Man]11
III.[John Lipsky's Sign]19
IV.[A Special Providence]27
V.[The "Far Away Lady"]52
VI.[The Life Line]60
VII.[A Toad and a Song]79
VIII.[Alan MacGregor's Brown Leg]84
IX.[The Huge Hound's Mood]101
X.[The Siren]114
XI.[The Porter's Story]134
XII.[The Purple Stocking]151
XIII.[Hesitant]165
XIV.[A Test of Attitude]177
XV.[A Samoan Idyl]184
XVI.[A Woman and Sheep]191
XVII.[The Enchanted Cow]213
XVIII.[Love and a Zulu]231
XIX.[At Bay Softly]250
XX.[Love Will Find the Way]258
XXI.[A Literary Love Affair]270
XXII.[Abercrombie's Wooing]288
XXIII.[Evan Cummings' Courtship]305
XXIV.[The Swiss Family Robertson]317
XXV.[The Lowry-Turck Love Entanglement]345
XXVI.[The Pale Peacock and the Purple Herring]363
XXVII.[The Release]374
XXVIII.[Love's Insolence]384
XXIX.[At Last]393

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
["THE STOREKEEPER!" HE EXCLAIMED] 28
["I HAVE BEEN NARROW," SAID THE MINISTER] 48
[THEY PLUNGED INTO THE WHITENESS] 68
[THE GREAT SNAKE BEGAN ITS WORK OF DEGLUTITION] 91
[THE BIG BODY RELAXED AND STRAIGHTENED OUT] 107
[THE MAYOR HAD BEEN GETTING INTERESTED] 123
[THE AWARD COULD BUT GO TO UNA LOA] 189
[THE CHILDREN CARRIED AWAY ARMFULS OF FLOWERS] 209
[SIR GLADYS ESCORTED THE LADY FLORETTA HOME] 227
[HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS AS A CHILD] 285
[A DOZEN OR MORE NESTS WERE FOUND] 339
["WE SHALL MEET AT BREAKFAST"] 383