The present story is meant to complete the picture. It deals with that wonderful upbuilding of the great West which immediately followed the war, and in which the best of the young Virginians played an important part.
The personages of the story are real, and its events are mainly facts, thinly veiled.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I | The Final Fight | [1] |
| II | Alone in the High Mountain | [18] |
| III | The New Birth of Manhood | [29] |
| IV | A Private in the Army of Work | [38] |
| V | The Beginning of a Career | [42] |
| VI | A Captain in the Army of Work | [48] |
| VII | The "Sizing Up" of Guilford Duncan | [59] |
| VIII | On Duty | [64] |
| IX | One Night's Work | [70] |
| X | Alliance, Offensive and Defensive | [87] |
| XI | The Ways of Guilford Duncan | [100] |
| XII | Barbara Verne | [107] |
| XIII | A Battle and an Acquaintance | [119] |
| XIV | A Social Advance | [129] |
| XV | The Coming Out of Barbara | [141] |
| XVI | A New Enemy | [146] |
| XVII | An Old Friend | [160] |
| XVIII | Dick Temple's Plans | [168] |
| XIX | Dick Temple's Story | [175] |
| XX | In the Summer Time | [181] |
| XXI | An Interview with Napper Tandy | [188] |
| XXII | Under the Honeysuckles | [198] |
| XXIII | Captain Will Hallam in the Game | [202] |
| XXIV | Barbara's Answer | [214] |
| XXV | Temple and Tandy | [224] |
| XXVI | A Pact with Barbara | [242] |
| XXVII | Mrs. Hallam Hears News | [254] |
| XXVIII | The Birth of a Great Railroad | [265] |
| XXIX | A Scrap of Paper | [274] |
| XXX | The Mystery of Tandy | [285] |
| XXXI | Only a Woman | [293] |
| XXXII | The Riddle Explained | [298] |
| XXXIII | At Crisis | [304] |
| XXXIV | A Cheer for Little Missie | [316] |
| XXXV | The End of a Struggle | [323] |