1913

To my first, second, and third reader
NORVELL
Who raises books by hand

CONTENTS

[I]
Two Houses, with a great Gulf between; of V.Vivian, M.D., and
what he thought of John the Baptist[1]
[II]
Two Persons of More Importance, and why theywent to the Beach in
October; Miss Carlisle Heth, and how she metan Unwelcome
Swain at Sea; how this Swain could swimenough for one[12]
[III]
How Carlisle screamed when the Boat upset, orelse didn't, as the
Case might be; also of Mrs. Heth, who wentdown Six Floors to
nail Falsehoods, etc.[26]
[IV]
Mr. Hugo Canning, of the well-knownPursuing-Sex; how the Great
Young Man pursued Miss Heth to aSummer-House, and what
stopped his Thundering Feet[36]
[V]
Dialogue between V. Vivian, of the Slums, andMr. Heth's Daughter
(or his Niece); and what the lovely Hun sawin the Mr. Vivian's
eyes, just before he asked God to pityher[48]
[VI]
Of Carlisle's Bewilderment over all theHorrid Talk; of how it wasn't
her Fault that Gossip was so Unreliable; ofthe Greatest Game in the
World; also, of Mr. Heth, who didn't looklike a Shameless Homicide[61]
[VII]
How the Great Parti, pursued or pursuing toCousin Willie Kerr's
Apartment, begins thundering again[73]
[VIII]
Supper with the Cooneys: Poor Relations, butyou must be Nice to them; of
Hen Cooney's friend V.V., as she irritatinglycalls him; also relating how
Cally is asked for her Forgiveness, and can'tseem to think what to say[87]
[IX]
Concerning an Abandoned Hotel, and who livedthere; also of an Abandoned Youth,
who lived somewhere else, Far Away; how aSlum Doctor dressed for a Function,
such as involved Studs; and how Kern Garlandwishted she was a Lady[105]
[X]
A Beautiful New Year's Party, and who spoiledit, and how; how
Something is done, after all, for she tellsthe Man plainly that he
mustn't speak to her any more[120]
[XI]
In which Mr. Canning must go South for hisHealth, and Cally lies
awake to think[134]
[XII]
How V. Vivian still felt the Same about theHuns, No Matter what
Sam Thought; also how Kern Garland lostSomething at the
Works, and what made Mr. V.V. look at herThat Way[146]
[XIII]
How Life was Gray and Everything was Horrid;how Carlisle went to Little Africa
with Hen; how the Man spoke to her again,just the same, and what happened then;
further, reporting a Confidential Talk with aBest Girl-Friend[159]
[XIV]
In which Cally tells a Certain Person thatshe isn't Happy--Very[180]
[XV]
In which she goes to New York and is veryHappy indeed[190]
[XVI]
Of Happiness continuing, and what all theWorld loves; revealing,
however, that not Every Girl can do what theFrench People once did[201]
[XVII]
Cally crosses the Great Gulf; and it isn'tquite Clear how she will ever
cross back again[216]
[XVIII]
Night-Thoughts on the Hardness of ReligiousFellows, compelling you to be Hard,
too; Happier Things again, such as Hugo,Europe, Trousseaux, etc.; concluding
with a Letter from Texas and a LittleVulgarian in a Red Hat[235]
[XIX]
How it is One Thing to run away fromyourself, and another to escape; how Cally
orders the Best Cocktails, and gazes at herMother asleep; also of Jefferson 4127,
and why Mamma left the Table in a hurry atthe Café des Ambassadeurs[249]
[XX]
In which Jack Dalhousie wears a New Dignity,and the Lame
Stranger comes to the House of Heth[266]
[XXI]
That Day at the Beach, as we sit and lookback at it; how Hugo
journeys to shield his Love from Harm, andSmall Beginnings
can end with Uproars and a Proverb[278]
[XXII]
One Summer in the Old Hotel; of the World'swagging on, Kern Garland,
and Prince Serge Suits; of how Kern leavesthe Works for Good and has a
Dream about Mr. V.V.'s Beautiful Lady; of howMr. V.V. came to sit in
the Still Watches and think again of John theBaptist[296]
[XXIII]
One Summer in Europe, which she never speaksof now; Home again, with
what a Difference; Novel Questionings, as towhat is a Friend, etc[320]
[XXIV]
How the Best People came to the Old Hotelagain; how Cally is Ornamental,
maybe, but hardly a Useful Person; how sheencounters Three Surprises
from Three Various Men, all disagreeable butthe Last[334]
[XXV]
In which the Name of Heth is lifted beyondthe Reach of Hateful Malice,
and Mamma wishes that she had the TenThousand back again[351]
[XXVI]
Concerning Women who won't remember theirPlace, and a Speech to
Two Hundred of them, by Mr. V.V., no less;also revealing why
Hen Cooney never found V.V. in the Crowdaround the Platform[363]
[XXVII]
Of one of the Triumphs of Cally's Life, andthe Tête-à-tête following,
which vaguely depresses her; of the LittleWork-Girl who brought
the Note that Sunday, oddly remet atGentlemen's Furnishings[378]
[XXVIII]
A Little Visit to the Birthplace of theFamily; how Cally thinks
Socialism and almost faints, and Hugo'sAfternoon of Romance
ends Short in the Middle[394]
[XXIX]
One Hour, in which she apologizes twice forher Self, her Life and
Works; and once she is beautifully forgiven,and once she never
will be, this Side of the Last Trump[410]
[XXX]
How it sounded like an Epitaph, but still shewould not cry; how she
thinks of the Beach again, and hugs a HatefulWord to her
Bosom; how Hugo starts suddenly on a sort ofWedding-Trip[427]
[XXXI]
Second Cataclysm in the House; of the DarkCloud obscuring the New Day,
and the Violets that had faded behind aCurtain, etc.; but chiefly of
a Little Talk with Mamma, which producedMoral Results, after all[443]
[XXXII]
Time's Jests, and now the Perfect Apology, tostand a Lifetime in
Brick and Stone; concluding with a LittleScene, which she will
remember while she lives[459]
[XXXIII]
Her Last Day, in this History; how she wakeswith a Wonder in her
Heart, has her Banquet laid at the Board ofthe Cooneys, dreams
back over the Long Strange Year; finally howshe learns Something
that not Everybody Knows: what it is like atthe End of the World[476]
[XXXIV]
In which to love much is to be much loved,and Kern's Dearest Dream
(but one) comes True[495]

ILLUSTRATIONS

"IS THIS MISS HETH?" ([page44])[Frontispiece]
"THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG, SIR, MR. V.V."[118]
"PLEASE DON'T TROUBLE, HUGO"[260]
"PAPA--I WANT TO INTRODUCE A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE--DR.VIVIAN"[474]
From drawings by Raymond M. Crosby

V.V.'s Eyes