CONTENTS
Frank Richard Stockton
CHAPTER
PAGE
I.
Alone with her Wealth
1
II.
Willy Croup doesn't know
7
III.
Miss Nancy Shott
16
IV.
A Launch into a New Life
25
V.
A Fur-trimmed Overcoat and a Silk Hat
36
VI.
A Temperance Lark
45
VII.
Mr. Burke accepts a Responsibility
59
VIII.
Mr. Burke begins to make Things move in Plainton
68
IX.
A Meeting of Heirs
80
X.
The Intellect of Miss Inchman
92
XI.
The Arrival of the New Dining-room
99
XII.
The Thorpedyke Sisters
109
XIII.
Money Hunger
114
XIV.
Willy Croup as a Philanthropic Diplomatist
121
XV.
Miss Nancy makes a Call
128
XVI.
Mr. Burke makes a Call
135
XVII.
Mrs. Cliff's Yacht
147
XVIII.
The Dawn of the Grove of the Incas
156
XIX.
The "Summer Shelter"
162
XX.
The Synod
169
XXI.
A Telegram from Captain Horn
173
XXII.
The "Summer Shelter" goes to Sea
182
XXIII.
Willy Croup comes to the Front
192
XXIV.
Changes on the "Summer Shelter"
203
XXV.
A Note for Captain Burke
218
XXVI.
"We'll stick to Shirley!"
228
XXVII.
On Board the "Dunkery Beacon"
235
XXVIII.
The People on the "Monterey"
247
XXIX.
The "Vittorio" from Genoa
254
XXX.
The Battle of the Merchant Ships
264
XXXI.
"She backed!"
273
XXXII.
A Head on the Water
279
XXXIII
11° 30' 19"
N. Lat.
by 56° 10' 19"
W. Long.
286
XXXIV.
Plainton, Maine
298
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