| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I.— | The Other Side of the Street | [7] |
| II.— | How WE Begin Life | [23] |
| III.— | The Family Dictator at Work | [30] |
| IV.— | Eva to Harry's Mother | [42] |
| V.— | Aunt Maria Rouses a Tempest in a Teapot | [52] |
| VI.— | The Settling of the Waters | [69] |
| VII.— | Letters and Air-Castles | [78] |
| VIII.— | The Vanderheyden Fortress Taken | [86] |
| IX.— | Jim and Alice | [95] |
| X.— | Mr. St. John | [103] |
| XI.— | Aunt Maria Clears her Conscience | [115] |
| XII.— | "Why Can't They Let Us Alone?" | [131] |
| XIII.— | Our "Evening" Projected | [144] |
| XIV.— | Mr. St. John is Outargued | [152] |
| XV.— | Getting Ready to Begin | [160] |
| XVI.— | The Minister's Visit | [173] |
| XVII.— | Our First Thursday | [178] |
| XVIII.— | Raking up the Fire | [192] |
| XIX.— | A Lost Sheep | [197] |
| XX.— | Eva to Harry's Mother | [201] |
| XXI.— | Bolton and St. John | [207] |
| XXII.— | Bolton to Caroline | [214] |
| XXIII.— | The Sisters of St. Barnabas | [221] |
| XXIV.— | Eva to Harry's Mother | [227] |
| XXV.— | Aunt Maria Endeavors to Set Matters Right | [232] |
| XXVI.— | She Stood Outside the Gate | [243] |
| XXVII.— | Rough Handling of Sore Nerves | [253] |
| XXVIII.— | Reason and Unreason | [262] |
| XXIX.— | Aunt Maria Frees her Mind | [270] |
| XXX.— | A Dinner on Washing Day | [274] |
| XXXI.— | What They Talked About | [285] |
| XXXII.— | A Mistress Without a Maid | [296] |
| XXXIII.— | A Four-footed Prodigal | [307] |
| XXXIV.— | Going to the Bad | [317] |
| XXXV.— | A Soul in Peril | [328] |
| XXXVI.— | Love in Christmas Greens | [339] |
| XXXVII.— | Thereafter? | [350] |
| XXXVIII.— | "We Must be Cautious" | [357] |
| XXXIX.— | Says She to her Neighbor—What? | [365] |
| XL.— | The Engagement Announced | [369] |
| XLI.— | Letter from Eva to Harry's Mother | [375] |
| XLII.— | Jim's Fortunes | [387] |
| XLIII.— | A Midnight Caucus over the Coals | [399] |
| XLIV.— | Fluctuations | [407] |
| XLV.— | The Valley of the Shadow | [414] |
| XLVI.— | What They all Said About It | [418] |
| XLVII.— | "In the Forgiveness of Sins" | [430] |
| XLVIII.— | The Pearl Cross | [439] |
| XLIX.— | The Unprotected Female | [448] |
| L.— | Eva to Harry's Mother | [461] |
| LI.— | The Hour and the Woman | [465] |
| LII.— | Eva's Consultations | [469] |
| LIII.— | Wedding Presents | [474] |
| LIV.— | Married and A' | [478] |
[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.]
| I.— | New Neighbors | [Frontispiece]. |
| "'Who can have taken the Ferguses' house, sister?' said abrisk little old lady, peeping through the window blinds." | ||
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| II.— | Talking it Over | [73] |
| "Come now, Puss, out with it. Why that anxious brow?What domestic catastrophe?" | ||
| III.— | The Domestic Artist | [131] |
| "A spray of ivy that was stretching towards the window had beendrawn back and was forced to wreathe itself around a picture." | ||
| IV.— | Wickedness, or Misery? | [197] |
| "Bolton laid his hand on her shoulder, and, looking downon her, said: 'Poor child, have you no mother?'" | ||
| V.— | Confidences | [287] |
| "In due course followed an introduction to 'my wife,' whosephotograph Mr. Selby wore dutifully in his coat-pocket." | ||
| VI.— | Going to the Bad | [327] |
| "The sweet-faced woman calls the attention of her husband.He frowns, whips up the horse, and is gone.... Bitternesspossesses Maggie's soul.... Why not go to the bad?" | ||
| VII.— | Skirmishing | [341] |
| "'I like your work,' he said, 'better than you do mine.''I didn't say that I didn't like yours,' said Angie, coloring." | ||
| VIII.— | A Midnight Caucus | [400] |
| "'There, now he's off,' said Eva ... then, leaning back,she began taking out hair-pins and shaking down curls anduntying ribbons as a preface to a wholly free conversation." | ||