THE GREAT ACCIDENT

THE GREAT ACCIDENT

BY
BEN AMES WILLIAMS
Author of “The Sea Bride,” “All the Brothers
Were Valiant,” etc.
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1920
All rights reserved
Copyright, 1919,
By THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
Copyright, 1920,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
Set up and electrotyped. Published March, 1920.

TO
MOTHER

CONTENTS

[BOOK I
THE GREAT ACCIDENT]
CHAPTER PAGE
[I][Hardiston][3]
[II][Amos Caretall][7]
[III][Wint Chase][16]
[IV][Jack Routt][22]
[V][Council of War][27]
[VI][Winthrop Chase, Senior][36]
[VII][V. R. Kite][45]
[VIII][The Rally][50]
[IX][Hetty Morfee][56]
[X][The Election][60]
[XI][The Notification][69]
[BOOK II]
[I][Muldoon][81]
[II][Joan][90]
[III][The Strategy of Amos][100]
[IV][Interlude][112]
[V][Alliance][119]
[VI][The Whistle Blows][127]
[BOOK III
INTO HARNESS]
[I][On His Own Feet][135]
[II][Joan to Wint][146]
[III][Routt to Kite][154]
[IV][Wint to Joan][164]
[V][Wint Goes Home][170]
[VI][A Word as to Hetty][176]
[VII][Orders for Radabaugh][186]
[BOOK IV
LINE OF BATTLE]
[I][Marshal Jim Radabaugh][197]
[II][The Brewing Storm][207]
[III][A Hard Day for Kite][213]
[IV][Chase Changes Sides][222]
[V][The Triumvirate][229]
[VI][Every Man has His Price][233]
[VII][Another Word as to Hetty][243]
[VIII][Agnes Takes a Hand][247]
[IX][A Word from Joan][256]
[X][The Street Carnival][262]
[XI][First Blood][267]
[XII][Poor Hetty][275]
[XIII][The Mercy of the Court][281]
[BOOK V
DEFEAT]
[I][Sunny Skies][291]
[II][A Friendly Rivalry][298]
[III][Politics][308]
[IV][A Cloud on the Moon][315]
[V][A Lost Ally][325]
[VI][Kite Takes a Hand][334]
[VII][A Few Words To the Wise][343]
[VIII][Poor Hetty Again][353]
[BOOK VI
VICTORY]
[I][The Weaver House Again][367]
[II][A Brighter Chapter][375]
[III][Hetty has Her Day][384]
[IV][Wint’s Rally][393]
[V][Seeing Joan Home][404]