CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I [THE BLACK DOG]
II [KING OF TO-DAY]
III [THE BEGINNING OF THE END]
IV [KISMET]
V [THE INNER WOODS]
VI [THE SHADOW ON THE PORTRAITS]
VII [THE ARSDALES]
VIII [THE MAN WHO KNEW]
IX [DAWN]
X [OUTSIDE THE HEDGE]
XI [A PARTING AND A MEETING]
XII [DISTRICT MESSENGER 3457]
XIII [THE SLEEPERS]
XIV [CONSEQUENCES]
XV [THE DERELICT]
XVI [THE FOURTH DAY]
XVII [AN INTERLUDE]
XVIII [THE MAKING OF A MAN]
XIX [A MIRACLE]
XX [A LONG NIGHT]
XXI [FACING THE SUN]
XXII [CLOUDS]
XXIII [WHEN THE DEAD AWAKE]
XXIV [THE GREATER MASTER]
XXV [THE SHADOW ON THE FLOOR]
XXVI [ON THE BRINK]
XXVII [THE END OF THE BEGINNING]
XXVIII [THE SEVENTH NOON]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ "Spring," she answered. "Just spring" … Frontispiece ]

[ "What, you, Miss Arsdale?" ]

[ As he studied her it seemed certain that she was by no means enjoying herself in her present company ]

[ Facing her he faced the pendulum which ticked out to him the cost of each new picture he had of her ]

[ He lowered the rails, and Miss Arsdale led the way ]

[ "The kid," he announced laconically. "What yuh think of him?" ]

[ At noon! At the seventh noon, the whistle was to blow! ]