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INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
PUBLISHED, OCTOBER, 1909
TO BOWMAN ELDER AND EDWARD ROBINETTE
IN REMEMBRANCE OF OUR CANOE FLIGHT THROUGH THE
MAINE WOODS, WITH A BACKWARD GLANCE
AT INDIAN JOE
WHO FAILED TO FIND THE MOOSE
Mackinac Island,
September 20, 1909.
And the Fourth Kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly broken.
The Book of Daniel.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Face in the Locket | [ 3] |
| II. | The Lady of Difficult Occasions | [ 21] |
| III. | A Letter, a Bottle and an Old Friend | [ 28] |
| IV. | The Ways of Wayne Craighill | [ 42] |
| V. | A Child of the Iron City | [ 59] |
| VI. | Before a Portrait by Sargent | [ 73] |
| VII. | Wayne Counsels his Sister | [ 86] |
| VIII. | The Coming of Mrs. Craighill | [ 101] |
| IX. | “Help Me to be a Good Woman” | [ 114] |
| X. | Mr. Walsh Meets Mrs. Craighill | [ 126] |
| XI. | Paddock Delivers an Invitation | [ 144] |
| XII. | The Shadows Against the Flame | [ 155] |
| XIII. | Jean Morley | [ 160] |
| XIV. | A Light Supper for Two | [ 175] |
| XV. | Mrs. Blair is Displeased | [ 190] |
| XVI. | The Trip to Boston | [ 206] |
| XVII. | Mrs. Craighill Bides at Home | [ 224] |
| XVIII. | The Snow-storm at Rosedale | [ 240] |
| XIX. | Mr. Wingfield Calls on Mr. Walsh | [ 262] |
| XX. | Evening at the Craighills’ | [ 274] |
| XXI. | Soundings in Deep Waters | [ 292] |
| XXII. | A Conference at the Allequippa | [ 299] |
| XXIII. | The End of a Sleigh-ride | [ 307] |
| XXIV. | Jean Answers a Question | [ 317] |
| XXV. | Colonel Craighill is Annoyed | [ 327] |
| XXVI. | Colonel Craighill Scores a Point | [ 335] |
| XXVII. | “I’m Going Back to Joe” | [ 344] |
| XXVIII. | Closed Doors | [ 355] |
| XXIX. | “You Love Another Man, Jean” | [ 368] |
| XXX. | The House of Peace | [ 378] |
| XXXI. | Wayne Sees Jean Again | [ 397] |
| XXXII. | An Angry Encounter | [ 408] |
| XXXIII. | The High Moment of Their Lives | [ 416] |
| XXXIV. | The Heart of the Bugle | [ 428] |
| XXXV. | Golden Bridge | [ 446] |
| XXXVI. | Two Old Friends Seek Wayne | [ 460] |
| XXXVII. | Wayne Visits His Father’s House | [ 467] |
| XXXVIII. | “They’re Callin’ Strikes on Me” | [ 475] |
| XXXIX. | We See Walsh Again | [ 487] |
| XL. | The Belated Appearance of John McCandless Blair | [ 493] |
| XLI. | “My City—Our City” | [ 498] |