THE LAST STRAW

BY

HAROLD TITUS

Author of "Bruce of the Circle A,"
"I—Conquered," etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY
GEORGE W. GAGE

BOSTON
SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1920,
BY SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)
Second Printing, June, 1920.
PRESS OF GEO. H. ELLIS CO., BOSTON, MASS.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I [THE NEW BOSS]
II [MY ADVICE, MA'AM]
III [THE NESTER—AND ANOTHER]
IV [THE CHAMPION]
V [THE COURTING]
VI [OUTCASTS]
VII [THE CATAMOUNT]
VIII [AND NOW, THE CLERGY]
IX [THE DESTROYER]
X [A MATTER OF DIRECTION]
XI [HEPBURN'S PLAY]
XII [A NEIGHBORLY CALL]
XIII [THE FRAME-UP]
XIV [THE BIG CHANCE]
XV [WAR!]
XVI [THE WARNING]
XVII [HIS FAITHFUL LITTLE PONY]
XVIII [AN INTERRUPTED PROPOSAL]
XIX [CONCERNING SAM MCKEE]
XX ["WORK AMONG THE HEATHEN"]
XXI [RENUNCIATION]
XXII [THE REVEREND'S STRATEGY]
XXIII [BECK'S DEPARTURE]
XXIV [IN THE SHADOW]
XXV [A MOUNTAIN PORTIA]
XXVI [BATTLE!]
XXVII [THE LAST STRAW]

THE LAST STRAW