Copyright, 1902, by

Clara Morris Harriott

CONTENTS

I.[The Lawtons Arrive]
II.[A Powerful Neighbor]
III.[Shopping Under Difficulties]
IV.[An Acquaintance Renewed]
V.["The Woman of Fate"]
VI.[A Recognition and a Dinner]
VII.[A Prayer and a Promise]
VIII.["Tell Her You have My Permission"]
IX.[The Accident—A Friend in Need]
X.[Calling on the Manager]
XI.[The Double Birthday]
XII.[The Promised Crown]
XIII.[The Forming of the Chrysalis]
XIV.[The Return from the West]
XV.[Mrs. Lawton Lays Plans]
XVI.[A Strange Betrothal]
XVII.[The Costuming of Juliet]
XVIII.[A Lover's Plea]
XIX.[A Family Scene]
XX.[A Professional Lesson]
XXI.[Seeking Refuge from the Storm]
XXII.[Preparing the Pit]
XXIII.[The Woman in the Box]
XXIV.["I Will Not Divorce You"]
XXV.["To Love is to Forgive"]
XXVI.[The Opal]
XXVII.[The Fall of the Curtain]
XXVIII.["Thou Knowest!"]

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