COPYRIGHT 1913
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I [EAST IS EAST]
II [A MAN WITH A PAST]
III [THE WEAK LINK]
IV [TWO DAYS OF PARADISE]
V [BACK TO LIFE]
VI [IN THE NEXT ROOM]
VII [CONFIDENCES]
VIII [A WOMAN'S REASON]
IX [TWO SHORT WEEKS]
X [THE CUT DIRECT]
XI [THE BLUE FEATHER]
XII [THE GAME OF GOSSIP]
XIII [AFTER TEN YEARS]
XIV [ACCORDING TO THE RULES]
XV [A BIT OF A LARK]
XVI [WHO IS PAUL ELLISON?]
XVII [THE ANSWERING CABLE]
XVIII [THE BATTLE]
XIX [TWO LETTERS]
XX [THE TWO BROTHERS]
XXI [HE THAT WAS DEAD]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ The Game of Gossip . . . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ A Bit of a Lark ]

[ The Battle ]

[ He That Was Dead ]

TO
J. J. CURTIS