TO
MY DEARLY LOVED SISTER
ELISE
And always she was a friend, nothing but the dear friend.
CONTENTS
[CHAPTER I The Night Alarm]
[CHAPTER II Frieda the Angel]
[CHAPTER III I Watch an Infant]
[CHAPTER IV The Bolt]
[CHAPTER V Gordon Helps]
[CHAPTER VI A Bit of Sunshine]
[CHAPTER VII The Other Woman]
[CHAPTER VIII We Take an Excursion]
[CHAPTER IX I Hear Rumours About Gordon]
[CHAPTER X The Work Lost]
[CHAPTER XI Gordon Vacillates]
[CHAPTER XII Gordon Becomes Engaged]
[CHAPTER XIII Dr. Porter Goes to Work]
[CHAPTER XIV I Begin to Plot]
[CHAPTER XV The Lightning Stroke]
[CHAPTER XVI Frances Reads My Book]
[CHAPTER XVII Miss Van Rossum Calls]
[CHAPTER XVIII Diana Among Mortals]
[CHAPTER XIX Frances Goes To The Country]
[CHAPTER XX Richetti Is Pleased]
[CHAPTER XXI The Concert]
[CHAPTER XXII Gordon Returns]
[CHAPTER XXIII The Repair of a Broken Strand]
[CHAPTER XXIV "The Mother and Child"]