PART FIRST—THE BLOOM.
| Prologue—the Cotton Blossom | [7] |
PART SECOND—THE BOLL.
| I. | Cotton | [13] |
| II. | Richard Travis | [18] |
| III. | Jud Carpenter | [27] |
| IV. | Food for the Factory | [39] |
| V. | The Fly Catcher Caught | [50] |
| VI. | The Flint and the Coal | [64] |
| VII. | Hillard Watts | [84] |
| VIII. | Westmoreland | [92] |
| IX. | A Mutual Understanding | [103] |
| X. | A Star and a Satellite | [108] |
| XI. | A Midnight Burial | [117] |
| XII. | Jack Bracken | [127] |
PART THIRD—THE GIN.
| I. | Alice Westmore | [143] |
| II. | The Real Heroes | [151] |
| III. | Franklin | [154] |
PART FOURTH—THE LINT.
| I. | Cottontown | [179] |
| II. | Ben Butler | [187] |
| III. | An Answer to Prayer | [199] |
| IV. | How the Bishop Froze | [205] |
| V. | The Flock | [209] |
| VI. | A Bishop Militant | [213] |
| VII. | Margaret Adams | [219] |
| VIII. | Hard-shell Sunday | [226] |
| IX. | The Return | [232] |
| X. | The Swan Song of the Crepe Myrtle | [239] |
| XI. | The Casket and the Ghost | [248] |
| XII. | A Midnight Guard | [254] |
| XIII. | The Theft of a Childhood | [258] |
| XIV. | Uncle Dave's Will | [275] |
| XV. | Edward Conway | [287] |
| XVI. | Helen's Despair | [296] |
| XVII. | The Whipper-in | [305] |
| XVIII. | Samantha Carewe | [312] |
| XIX. | A Quick Conversion | [317] |
| XX. | A Live Funeral | [326] |
| XXI. | Jack and the Little Ones | [336] |
| XXII. | The Broken Thread | [344] |
| XXIII. | God Will Provide | [350] |
| XXIV. | Bonaparte's Waterloo | [355] |
| XXV. | A Born Naturalist | [366] |
| XXVI. | Ben Butler's Last Race | [380] |
| XXVII. | You'll Come Back a Man | [414] |
PART FIFTH—THE LOOM.
| I. | A New Mill Girl | [419] |
| II. | In the Depths | [431] |
| III. | Work in a New Light | [438] |
| IV. | Maggie | [443] |
| V. | Pay-day | [447] |
| VI. | The Plot | [456] |
| VII. | Mrs. Westmore Takes a Hand | [464] |
| VIII. | A Question Brought Home | [473] |
| IX. | The Pedigree of Achievement | [487] |
| X. | Married in God's Sight | [493] |
| XI. | The Queen Is Dead | [499] |
| XII. | In Thyself There Is Weakness | [508] |
| XIII. | Himself Again | [512] |
| XIV. | The Joy of the Morning | [519] |
| XV. | The Touch of God | [526] |
| XVI. | Mammy Maria | [533] |
| XVII. | The Double That Died | [545] |
| XVIII. | The Dying Lion | [552] |
| XIX. | Face To Face With Death | [564] |
| XX. | The Angel With the Flaming Sword | [572] |
| XXI. | The Great Fire | [581] |
| XXII. | A Conway Again | [588] |
| XXIII. | Died for the Law | [596] |
| XXIV. | The Atonement | [611] |
| XXV. | The Shadows and the Clouds | [624] |
| XXVI. | The Model Mill | [633] |