GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Copyright, 1915, by
Frederick A. Stokes Company

All rights reserved


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
IThe Pioneers[1]
IIPortents of Change[14]
IIIAt the Ford[26]
IVThe Opening of the Rift[36]
VThe Spendthrift[48]
VIThe Mortgage Broker[56]
VIIAn Accident[67]
VIIIAn Unexpected Escape[79]
IXA Man of Affairs[92]
XThe Casting Vote[103]
XIThe Steam Plow[118]
XIIThe Enemy Within[132]
XIIIThe Traitor[145]
XIVA Bold Scheme[156]
XVHarvest Home[169]
XVIThe Bridge[182]
XVIIA Heavy Blow[192]
XVIIICovering His Trail[203]
XIXThe Blizzard[215]
XXA Severe Test[225]
XXIThe Day of Reckoning[236]
XXIIThe Price of Honor[245]
XXIIIA Woman Intervenes[255]
XXIVA Great Triumph[264]
XXVThe Rebuff[276]
XXVIDrought[287]
XXVIIThe Adventuress[298]
XXVIIIFire and Hail[308]
XXIXA Brave Heart[318]
XXXThe Inheritance[326]

HARDING,
OF ALLENWOOD