New York
Doubleday, Page & Company
1905

Copyright, 1905, by
Doubleday, Page & Company
Published May, 1905

All rights reserved, including that of
translation into foreign languages,
including the Scandinavian

To My Wife

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[On the St. Etienne Hotel]3
II.[The Walking Delegate]14
III.[The Rise of Buck Foley]30
IV.[A Council of War]9
V.[Tom Seeks Help from the Enemy]50
VI.[In which Foley Plays with Two Mice]59
VII.[Getting the Men in Line]72
VIII.[The Coward]85
IX.[Ruth Arnold]98
X.[Last Days of the Campaign]111
XI.[In Foley's "Office"]120
XII.[The Election]129
XIII.[The Day After]145
XIV.[New Courage and New Plans]153
XV.[Mr. Baxter Has a Few Conferences]166
XVI.[Blows]177
XVII.[The Entertainment Committee]187
XVIII.[The Stolen Strike]203
XIX.[Foley Tastes Revenge]210
XX.[Tom Has a Caller]224
XXI.[What Might Have Been]236
XXII.[The Progress of the Strike]250
XXIII.[The Triumph of Business Sense]257
XXIV.[Business is Business]267
XXV.[In which Foley Bows to Defeat]279
XXVI.[Petersen's Sin]290
XXVII.[The Thousandth Chance]304
XXVIII.[The Exposure]313
XXIX.[In which Mr. Baxter Shows Himself a Man of Resources]331
XXX.[The Last of Buck Foley]338
XXXI.[Tom's Levee]348
XXXII.[The Thorn of the Rose]364