LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
["THE YOUNG CLERGYMAN CLIMBED CAREFULLY BUT QUICKLY DOWN TO THEM"] (missing from book) . . . Frontispiece
["'YOU HIT HER EXPRESSION TO A T!'"]
["'AH, YOU MAY LAUGH; MEBBE 'TIS NOTHIN' BUT SPORT TO YOUNG LEDDIES LIKE YOU'"]
["'OH, MISS FRANKLYN, I AM SO AWFULLY SORRY!'"]
["'OH, ROGER! HOW IS SHE?' WHISPERED OLIVE"]
["MONICA GAZED IN UTTER ASTONISHMENT"]
MONICA'S CHOICE.
CHAPTER I.
"I WISH CONRAD HAD NEVER LEFT HER WITH ME!"