ELLEN LEVIS
A NOVEL

BY
ELSIE SINGMASTER
Author of "Katy Gaumer," "Basil Everman," etc.

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1921

COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY ELSIE SINGMASTER LEWARS
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

The Riverside Press
CAMBRIDGE . MASSACHUSETTS
U . S . A

CONTENTS

I.A Friend in Need[3]
II.Ellen refuses to hear a Call[15]
III.Two Versions of the Same Story[22]
IV.A Slumbering Terror[32]
V.Levis speaks his Mind[39]
VI.Studying in Vacation[48]
VII.An Evening Pilgrimage[54]
VIII.Matthew makes his Choice[61]
IX.A Growing Mind[73]
X.Unexpected Guests[83]
XI.Change[92]
XII.A Quickening Terror[99]
XIII.Matthew comes Home[102]
XIV.Amos ventures into the World[108]
XV.Ellen is offered a Way out[120]
XVI.Ellen solves her Problem[126]
XVII.Goldstein's Jewelry Store[133]
XVIII.A Clock runs down[141]
XIX.Fetzer engages a New Maid[150]
XX.Master and Mistress[156]
XXI.A Lost Sheep[163]
XXII.A Crisis at hand[168]
XXIII.A Strange Journey[178]
XXIV.An Unhappy Scholar[184]
XXV.A Projected Atonement[187]
XXVI.A Visit to Ephrata[196]
XXVII.Ellen's Dreams come True[204]
XXVIII.Fetzer's Eye is opened[214]
XXIX.Grandfather and Amos make Discoveries[217]
XXX.Fetzer delivers a Sermon[226]
XXXI.Ellen remembers Brother Reith[233]
XXXII.Grandfather plans a Crime[237]
XXXIII.Ellen undertakes to conquer herself[242]
XXXIV.A Dark Tower[246]
XXXV.An Undelivered Message[257]
XXXVI.Matthew and Ellen[261]
XXXVII.A Bitter Wakening[272]
XXXVIII.A Quiet Hour[280]
XXXIX.Fetzer closes a Door[283]