CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I JAN

CHAPTER II JAN'S MAIL

CHAPTER III BOMBAY

CHAPTER IV THE BEGINNING OF THE JOB

CHAPTER V THE CHILDREN

CHAPTER VI THE SHADOW BEFORE

CHAPTER VII THE HUMAN TOUCH

CHAPTER VIII THE END OF THE DREAM

CHAPTER IX MEG

CHAPTER X PLANS

CHAPTER XI THE STATE OF PETER

CHAPTER XII "THE BEST-LAID SCHEMES"

CHAPTER XIII THE WHEELS OF CHANCE

CHAPTER XIV PERPLEXITIES

CHAPTER XV WREN'S END

CHAPTER XVI "THE BLUDGEONINGS OF CHANCE"

CHAPTER XVII "THOUGH AN HOST SHOULD ENCAMP AGAINST ME"

CHAPTER XVIII MEG AND CAPTAIN MIDDLETON

CHAPTER XIX THE YOUNG IDEA

CHAPTER XX "ONE WAY OF LOVE"

CHAPTER XXI ANOTHER WAY OF LOVE

CHAPTER XXII THE ENCAMPMENT

CHAPTER XXIII TACTICS

CHAPTER XXIV "THE WAY OF A MAN WITH A MAID"

CHAPTER XXV A DEMONSTRATION IN FORCE

CHAPTER XXVI IN WHICH SEVERAL PEOPLE SPEAK THEIR MINDS

CHAPTER XXVII AUGUST, 1914

BY

L. ALLEN HARKER
AUTHOR OF "A ROMANCE OF THE NURSERY"; "MISS ESPERANCE AND MR. WYCHERLY";
"MR. WYCHERLY'S WARDS"; "THE FFOLLIOTS OF REDMARLEY," ETC.

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NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1917