RICH MEN’S CHILDREN
“Oh, Rose, if I could see you now and then—only
for a moment like this” Page [282]
RICH MEN’S CHILDREN
By
GERALDINE BONNER
Author of
The Pioneer, Tomorrow’s Tangle, etc.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
C. M. RELYEA
INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright 1906
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
October
PRESS OF
BRAUNWORTH & CO.
BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | The Bonanza King | [ 1] |
| II | A Young Man Married | [ 17] |
| III | The Daughter of Heth | [ 28] |
| IV | Out of Night and Storm | [ 44] |
| V | Nurse and Patient | [ 64] |
| VI | In Which Berny Writes a Letter | [ 83] |
| VII | Snow-Bound | [ 109] |
| VIII | The Unknown Eros | [ 125] |
| IX | The Sons of Their Fathers | [ 146] |
| X | Dominick Comes Home | [ 172] |
| XI | The Gods in the Machine | [ 192] |
| XII | Berny Makes a Discovery | [ 214] |
| XIII | The Root of All Evil | [ 236] |
| XIV | The God Descends | [ 248] |
| XV | The Moonlight Night | [ 270] |
| XVI | Family Affairs | [ 284] |
| XVII | A Cut and a Confession | [ 300] |
| XVIII | Buford’s Good Luck | [ 324] |
| XIX | Rose’s Point of View | [ 334] |
| XX | The Little Spider | [ 354] |
| XXI | The Lion’s Whelp | [ 376] |
| XXII | Out of the Fullness of the Heart | [ 391] |
| XXIII | The Wall Across the Way | [ 413] |
| XXIV | Friend or Foe | [ 432] |
| XXV | The Actor’s Story | [ 447] |
| XXVI | The Last Interview | [ 465] |
| XXVII | The Storm Center Moves | [ 486] |