Contents

[FIRST CHAPTER.
Paula Encounters the Remarkable Eyes of Her First Giant, and Hearkens to the Second, Thundering Afar-off]

[SECOND CHAPTER.
Paula Contemplates the Wall of a Hundred Windows, and the Mysterious Madame Nestor Calls at the Zoroaster]

[THIRD CHAPTER.
Certain Developing Incidents are Caught Into the Current of Narrative—also a Supper with Reifferscheid]

[FOURTH CHAPTER.
Paula Encounters Her Adversary Who Turns Prophet and Tells of a Starry Child Soon to be Born]

[FIFTH CHAPTER.
Paula is Involved in the Furious History of Selma Cross and Writes a Letter to Quentin Charter]

[SIXTH CHAPTER.
Paula is Called to Parlor "F" of the Maidstone where the Beyond-Devil Awaits with Outstretched Arms]

[SEVENTH CHAPTER.
Paula Begins to See More Clearly Through Madame Nestor's Revelations, and Witnesses a Broadway Accident]

[EIGHTH CHAPTER.
Paula Makes Several Discoveries in the Charter Heart-Country, and is Delighted by His Letters to the Skylark]

[NINTH CHAPTER.
Paula is Drawn into the Selma Cross Past and is Bravely Wooed Through Further Messages from the West]

[TENTH CHAPTER.
Paula Sees Selma Cross in Tragedy, and in Her own Apartment Next Morning is Given a Reality to Play]

[ELEVENTH CHAPTER.
Paula is Swept Deep into a Desolate Country by the High Tide, but Notes a Quick Change in Selma Cross]

[TWELFTH CHAPTER.
Certain Elements for the Charter Crucible, and His Mother's Pilgrimage, Across the Sands Alone to Mecca]

[THIRTEENTH CHAPTER.
"No Man Can Enter into a Strong Man's House, and Spoil His Goods, Except He Will First Bind the Strong Man"]

[FOURTEENTH CHAPTER.
The Singing of the Skylark Ceases Abruptly; Charter Hastens East to Find a Queer Message at the Granville]

[FIFTEENTH CHAPTER.
Quentin Charter and Selma Cross Join Issue on a New Battle-ground, Each Leaving the Field with Open Wounds]

[SIXTEENTH CHAPTER.
Paula, Finding that Both Giants Have Entered Her Castle, Rushes in Tumult into the Night]

[SEVENTEENTH CHAPTER.
Paula Sails into the South, Seeking the Holy Man of Saint Pierre, Where La Montagne Pelée Gives Warning]

[EIGHTEENTH CHAPTER.
Paula is Involved in the Rending Fortunes of Saint Pierre and the Panther Calls with New York Mail]

[NINETEENTH CHAPTER.
Quentin Charter is Attracted by the Travail of Pelée, and Encounters a Queer Fellow-Voyager]

[TWENTIETH CHAPTER. Charter's Mind Becomes the Arena of Conflict Between the Wyndam Woman and Skylark Memories]
[TWENTY-FIRST CHAPTER.
Charter Communes with the Wyndam Woman, and Confesses the Great Trouble of His Heart to Father Fontanel]

[TWENTY-SECOND CHAPTER.
Charter Makes a Pilgrimage to the Craters of Pelée—One Last Day Devoted to the Spirit of Old Letters]

[TWENTY-THIRD CHAPTER.
Charter and Stock are Called to the Priest's House in the Night, and the Wyndam Woman Stays at the Palms]

[TWENTY-FOURTH CHAPTER.
Having to do Especially with the Morning of the Ascension, when the Monster, Pelée, Gives Birth to Death]

[TWENTY-FIFTH CHAPTER.
The Saragossa Encounters the Raging Fire-Mists from Pelée Eight Miles at Sea, but Lives to Send a Boat Ashore]

[TWENTY-SIXTH CHAPTER.
Paula and Charter in Several Settings Feel the Energy of the Great Good that Drives the World]

[TWENTY-SEVENTH CHAPTER.
Paula and Charter Journey into the West; One Hears Voices, but not the Words often, from Rapture's Roadway]

[About Will Levington Comfort]
[By Will Levington Comfort]