CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I A Two Hundred Mile Dash[1]
II The City Swallows Daisy[6]
III The Maid and the Clerk[19]
IV A "Steer"[29]
V A Job[35]
VI The Plebeian[50]
VII A Human Horticulturist[62]
VIII A Knight in the Kitchen[86]
IX A Dance and an Invitation[96]
X The Boxing Match and Afterward[116]
XI The Face Behind the Mask[152]
XII Sawn Off the Old Block[156]
XIII A Plot that Miscarried[161]
XIV The Golden Stair[175]
XV The Lady of the House[187]
XVI Taking a Rest[198]
XVII A Raincloud[206]
XVIII The Bleak Two[216]
XIX The Choice of the Dray[221]
XX John Nixon's Invitation[229]
XXI In the Blizzard[236]
XXII In the Drifted Sleigh[257]
XXIII Daisy's Home Coming[261]
XXIV A Western Wild Man[270]
XXV Why?[275]
XXVI A New Settler[281]
XXVII The Sewing Machine Lovemaker[292]
XXVIII The Coming of the Mother[307]
XXIX The Bud[313]

DAISY HERSELF