Copyright, 1915, 1916, by
The Phillips Publishing Company
All rights reserved, including that of translation
into foreign languages.

DEDICATED
TO

MY MOTHER


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.Ruth Vars Comes Out[1]
II.Breckenridge Sewall[10]
III.Episode of a Small Dog[18]
IV.A Back-Season Débutante[27]
V.The Unimportant Fifth Wheel[36]
VI.Breck Sewall Again[44]
VII.The Millions Win[50]
VIII.The Horse-Show[56]
IX.Catastrophe[69]
X.A University Town[80]
XI.A Walk in the Rain[90]
XII.A Dinner Party[101]
XIII.Lucy Takes Up the Narrative[112]
XIV.Bob Turns Out a Conservative[124]
XV.Another Catastrophe[135]
XVI.A Family Conference[142]
XVII.Ruth Goes to New York[156]
XVIII.A Year Later[166]
XIX.Ruth Resumes Her Own Story[177]
XX.The Fifth Wheel Gains Wings[187]
XXI.In the Sewall Mansion[198]
XXII.The Parade[206]
XXIII.An Encounter with Breck[212]
XXIV.The Open Door[222]
XXV.Mountain Climbing[232]
XXVI.The Pot of Gold[239]
XXVII.Van de Vere's[248]
XXVIII.A Call from Bob Jennings[258]
XXIX.Longings[266]
XXX.Again Lucy Narrates[274]
XXXI.Ruth Draws Conclusions[282]
XXXII.Bob Draws Conclusions Too[291]