COPYRIGHT, 1896,
BY
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.

Contents.

CHAPTER I.
[AT THE CORNER HOUSE]
CHAPTER II.
[THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER]
CHAPTER III.
[AUNT MADGE]
CHAPTER IV.
[DR. LUTTRELL'S FIRST PATIENT]
CHAPTER V.
[A VISIT TO GALVASTON HOUSE]
CHAPTER VI.
["I REMIND YOU OF SOMEONE?"]
CHAPTER VII.
[BLOWING BUBBLES]
CHAPTER VIII.
["'TIS A LOVE TOKEN, I RECKON"]
CHAPTER IX.
[THE CHRISTMAS GUEST]
CHAPTER X.
[A GENTLEMANLY TRAMP]
CHAPTER XI.
[THE NIGHT-BELL RINGS]
CHAPTER XII.
[GRETA]
CHAPTER XIII.
[FRESH COMPLICATIONS]
CHAPTER XIV.
[AN EVENTFUL DAY]
CHAPTER XV.
["THEY WERE BOTH TO BLAME"]
CHAPTER XVI.
[BUSY DAYS]
CHAPTER XVII.
[PRODIGAL SONS]
CHAPTER XVIII.
[AUNT MADGE GIVES HER OPINION]
CHAPTER XIX.
[DAME FORTUNE SMILES]
CHAPTER XX.
["SOMEBODY'S CRUTCH"]
CHAPTER XXI.
[SUNSHINE AND CLOUDS]
CHAPTER XXII.
["YOU MUST NOT LOSE HEART"]
CHAPTER XXIII.
["I HAVE COME TO STAY"]
CHAPTER XXIV.
["NOT YET"]

Illustrations

[ "I hope you do not think I am wrong?" . . . Frontispiece ]

[ "Oh, Marcus, how happy we are!" ]

[ "Olive, look what Mr. Gaythorne has given me" ]

[ Mr. Gaythorne sat in his great ebony chair ]

[ "It is beautiful—it is perfectly charming!" ]

[ "They both looked so comfortable and contented" ]