Copyright, 1894.

By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.


CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I.—An Insolent Memory [1]

II.—The Coining of a Nickname [14]

III.—Mrs. Dennison's Orders [26]

IV.—Two Young Gentlemen [39]

V.—A Telegram to Frankfort [52]

VI.—Whose shall it be? [66]

VII.—An Attempt to stop the Wheels [81]

VIII.—Converts and Heretics [96]

IX.—An Oppressive Atmosphere [108]

X.—A Lady's Bit of Work [120]

XI.—Against his Coming [134]

XII.—It can wait [148]

XIII.—A Spasm of Penitence [160]

XIV.—The Thing or the Man [173]

XV.—The Work of a Week [185]

XVI.—The Last Barriers [200]

XVII.—A Sound in the Night [217]

XVIII.—On the Matter of a Railway [231]

XIX.—Past praying for [248]

XX.—The Baron's Contribution [258]

XXI.—A Joint in his Armour [271]

XXII.—A Toast in Champagne [287]

XXIII.—The Cutting of the Knot [304]

XXIV.—The Return of a Friend [317]

XXV.—The Moving Car [332]