"And the breath came into them and they lived."
To
MY FRIEND OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS,
CHARLES EMERSON BEECHER
who, with infinite skill and patience, has breathed the breath of life into the dry bones of Earth's untold ages of upward struggle, who has made them speak of the eternity of their past, and has made them prophesy hope for the eternity to come, this book is dedicated by the author.
CONTENTS
[CHAPTER I. The Blue Goose]
[CHAPTER II. The Old Man]
[CHAPTER III. Élise]
[CHAPTER IV. The Watched Pot Begins To Boil]
[CHAPTER V. Bennie Opens the Pot and Firmstone Comes in ]
[CHAPTER VI. The Family Circle]
[CHAPTER VII. Mr. Morrison Tackles a Man With A Mind of His Own and a Man Without One]
[CHAPTER VIII. Madame Seeks Counsel]
[CHAPTER IX. The Meeting at the Blue Goose]
[CHAPTER X. Élise Goes Forth To Conquer]
[CHAPTER XI. The Devil's Elbow]
[CHAPTER XII. Figs and Thistles]
[CHAPTER XIII. The Stork and the Cranes]
[CHAPTER XIV. Blinded Eyes]
[CHAPTER XV. Bending the Twig]
[CHAPTER XVI. An Insistent Question]
[CHAPTER XVII. The Bearded Lion]
[CHAPTER XVIII. Winnowed Chaff]
[CHAPTER XIX. The Fly in the Ointment]
[CHAPTER XX. The River Gives Up Its Prey]
[CHAPTER XXI. The Sword That Turns]
[CHAPTER XXII. Good Intentions]
[CHAPTER XXIII. An Unexpected Recruit]
[CHAPTER XXIV. The Gathering To Its Own]
[CHAPTER XXV. A Divided House]
[CHAPTER XXVI. The Day of Reckoning]
[CHAPTER XXVII. Passing Clouds]
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