THE COST

By

DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I [A FATHER INVITES DISASTER]
II [OLIVIA TO THE RESCUE]
III [AND SCARBOROUGH]
IV [A DUMONT TRIUMPH]
V [FOUR FRIENDS]
VI ["LIKE HIS FATHER"]
VII [PAULINE AWAKENS]
VIII [THE DECISION]
IX [A THOROUGHBRED RUNS AWAY]
X [MRS. JOHN DUMONT]
XI [YOUNG AMERICA]
XII [AFTER EIGHT YEARS]
XIII ["MY SISTER IN LAW, GLADYS"]
XIV [STRAINING AT THE ANCHORS]
XV [GRADUATED PEARLS]
XVI [CHOICE AMONG EVILS]
XVII [TWO AND THE BARRIER]
XVIII [ON THE FARM]
XIX [PAULINE GOES INTO POLITICS]
XX [A MAN IN HIS MIGHT]
XXI [A COYOTE AT BAY]
XXII [STORMS IN THE WEST]
XXIII [A SEA SURPRISE]
XXIV [DUMONT BETRAYS DUMONT]
XXV [THE FALLEN KING]
XXVI [A DESPERATE RALLY]
XXVII [THE OTHER MAN'S MIGHT]
XXVIII [AFTER THE LONG WINTER]

THE COST

I.

A FATHER INVITES DISASTER

Pauline Gardiner joined us on the day that we, the Second Reader class, moved from the basement to the top story of the old Central Public School. Her mother brought her and, leaving, looked round at us, meeting for an instant each pair of curious eyes with friendly appeal.