PREFACE
CONTENTS CHAPTER I A HERO BUT NOT HEROIC CHAPTER II OPENING A
CHAPTER I A HERO, BUT NOT HEROIC
CHAPTER II OPENING A CHESTNUT BURR
CHAPTER III MORBID BROODING
CHAPTER IV HOW MISS WALTON MANAGED PEOPLE
CHAPTER V WAS IT AN ACCIDENT?
CHAPTER VI UNEXPECTED CHESTNUT BURRS
CHAPTER VII A CONSPIRACY
CHAPTER VIII WITCHCRAFT
CHAPTER IX MISS WALTON RECOMMENDS A HOBBY
CHAPTER X A PLOT AGAINST MISS WALTON
CHAPTER XI A DRINKING-SONG AT A PRAYER-MEETING
CHAPTER XII FOILED IN ONE DIRECTION
CHAPTER XIII INTERPRETING CHESTNUT BURRS
CHAPTER XIV "A WELL-MEANIN' MAN"
CHAPTER XV MISS WALTON'S DREAM
CHAPTER XVI AN ACCIDENT IN THE MOUNTAINS
CHAPTER XVII "PROMISE OR DIE"
CHAPTER XVIII IN THE DEPTHS
CHAPTER XIX MISS WALTON MADE OF DIFFERENT CLAY FROM OTHERS
CHAPTER XX MISS WALTON MADE OF ORDINARY CLAY
CHAPTER XXI PASSION AND PENITENCE
CHAPTER XXII NOT A HEROINE, BUT A WOMAN
CHAPTER XXIII GREGORY'S FINAL CONCLUSION IN REGARD TO MISS WALTON
CHAPTER XXIV "THE WORM-INFESTED CHESTNUT" GREGORY TELLS THE WORST
CHAPTER XXV THE OLD HOME IN DANGER GREGORY RETRIEVES HIMSELF
CHAPTER XXVI CHANGES IN GREGORY
CHAPTER XXVII PLEADING FOR LIFE AND LOVE
CHAPTER XXVIII WHAT A LOVER COULD DO
CHAPTER XXIX DEEPENING SHADOWS
CHAPTER XXX KEPT FROM THE EVIL
CHAPTER XXXI "LIVE! LIVE!" ANNIE'S APPEAL
CHAPTER XXXII AT SEA A MYSTERIOUS PASSENGER
CHAPTER XXXIII COLLISION AT SEA WHAT A CHRISTIAN COULD DO
CHAPTER XXXIV UNMASKED
CHAPTER XXXV A CHESTNUT BURR AND A HOME
Title: Opening a Chestnut Burr
Author: E. P. Roe
Language: English
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[Illustration: "LET ME OPEN THE BURR FOR YOU." Chestnut Burr. Frontispiece.]
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