"Sit down!" he thundered.

CONTENTS

[CHAPTER I. A Vision Upon a Warning]
[CHAPTER II. Pursuing a Will-o'-the-Wisp]
[CHAPTER III. I Embark on a Fool's Errand]
[CHAPTER IV. Some Passages from a Diary]
[CHAPTER V. Premonitions Become Realities]
[CHAPTER VI. The End of the "Wastrel"]
[CHAPTER VII. In Strange Circumstances]
[CHAPTER VIII. Nature Indulges in Satire]
[CHAPTER IX. A Portrait and a Temple]
[CHAPTER X. I Seek Orchids]
[CHAPTER XI. I Find Myself a Demi-god]
[CHAPTER XII. Port and Starboard Lights]
[CHAPTER XIII. Enter the Infantryman]
[CHAPTER XIV. The "Ash-Trash Lady"]
[CHAPTER XV. Two Discoveries]
[CHAPTER XVI. An Interview and a Crisis]
[CHAPTER XVII. We Go to the Mountains]
[CHAPTER XVIII. A Chat with a Dictator]
[CHAPTER XIX. A Volley from the Laurel]
[CHAPTER XX. A Cavalcade from the Laurel]
[CHAPTER XXI. I Go Walking and Meet Enemies]
[CHAPTER XXII. I Fail to Return Home]
[CHAPTER XXIII. The Offer of Parole]
[CHAPTER XXIV. My Day in Court]
[CHAPTER XXV. Being Laughed At]
[CHAPTER XXVI. How It Ended—and Began.]

List of Illustrations

["Sit down!" he thundered.]

[A young woman was sitting before a counter, with her back to the street, trying on gloves.]

["Frances! Frances! Frances!" I declaimed with the deep profundity of a ritual.]

["You are a great traveler, aren't you, Mr. Deprayne?" she suggested when the silence had begun to be oppressive.]