Copyright, 1900
By L. C. Page & Company
(INCORPORATED)

All rights reserved

Colonial Press
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, U. S. A.


CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. HOMELESS[1]
II. ON THE VERGE[8]
III. A COMMON CHORD[14]
IV. THE UNDERCLIFF[21]
V. DON'T[26]
VI. OVER THE PUNCH-BOWL[30]
VII. A LATE VISITOR[38]
VIII. ON THE PEBBLE-BEACH[46]
IX. SEEN THROUGH[54]
X. A RIFT[61]
XI. A PROPOSAL[67]
XII. BY NIGHT[72]
XIII. OUT OF THE SNARE[78]
XIV. BURIED ALIVE[85]
XV. CAST FORTH[89]
XVI. JOB'S SECRET[95]
XVII. J. H.[102]
XVIII. DECLARATION OF WAR[107]
XIX. EXIT JOB[115]
XX. A FIRST STEP[120]
XXI. FURTHER FORWARD[127]
XXII. HOUSE AND HOME[133]
XXIII. A PASSAGE OF ARMS[140]
XXIV. REVERSED POSITIONS[148]
XXV. THE STUDY OF A FACE[154]
XXVI. A THORN BOUGH[161]
XXVII. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER[167]
XXVIII. MOST HEARTILY[172]
XXIX. THE SHADOW OF A CHANGE[178]
XXX. A NEW WORLD[183]
XXXI. A CHARIOT DRIVE[190]
XXXII. AT THE MILLINER'S[197]
XXXIII. IN THE SQUARE[203]
XXXIV. MISCHIEF-MAKING[210]
XXXV. THE YOUNG MAN FROM BEER[215]
XXXVI. TO BATH[222]
XXXVII. CONFIDENCES[230]
XXXVIII. A LETTER FROM BATH[235]
XXXIX. THE BATH ASSEMBLY[242]
XL. WANTED—CHOUGHS[250]
XLI. THE WHITE CLIFF[256]
XLII. A REVELATION[262]
XLIII. A REFUSAL[266]
XLIV. THE GATE OF THORNS[271]
XLV. HOLWOOD OR MARLEY?[277]
XLVI. OVER A TEA-TABLE[284]
XLVII. THE CURTAIN DRAWN[289]
XLVIII. THE BEGINNING OF THE END[295]
XLIX. RENT ASUNDER[301]
L. JOINED TOGETHER[306]