New YorkDoubleday, Page & Company1907Copyright, 1907, by Doubleday Page & CompanyPublished, September, 1907CONTENTS CHAPTERPAGE I. [The Polkingtons][1]II. [The Debt][12]III. [Narcissus Triandrus Azureum][26]IV. [The Owner of the Blue Daffodil][39]V. [The Excursion][56]VI. [Debtor and Creditor][70]VII. [How Julia Did Not Get the Blue Daffodil][88] VIII. [Pooferchjes and Jealousy][108]IX. [The Holiday][126]X. [To-morrow][144]XI. [A Reprieve][172]XII. [The Young Cook][190] XIII. [The Heiress][202]XIV. [The End of the Campaign][218]XV. [The Good Comrade][238]XVI. [The Simple Life][249] XVII. [Narcissus Triandrus Striatum, The Good Comrade][264]XVIII. [Behind the Chopping-Block][281]XIX. [Captain Polkington][300]XX. [The Benefactor][316]XXI. [The Going of The Good Comrade][325] XXII. [The Line of Least Resistance][336]XXIII. [Payment and Receipt][353]ILLUSTRATIONS["'Tell me,' she said, 'did you ever really do anythingfoolish in your life?'" ][Frontispiece]FACING PAGE["Julia"][188]["A wonderful woman"][235]["'Now you must call your flower a name,' he said"][276]