The White Flag

THE WHITE FLAG
BY
GENE STRATTON-PORTER
FRONTISPIECE
BY
LESTER RALPH
S. B. GUNDY        TORONTO
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
GARDEN CITY        NEW YORK
1923

COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY
GENE STRATTON-PORTER
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION
INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES
AT
THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.
First Edition

TO
THE BOYS AND GIRLS “GROWN TALL”
WITH WHOM, IN CHILDHOOD,
I PASSED UNDER
THE WHITE FLAG

CONTENTS
I “He That Was Cold and Hungry”
II The Gifts of Light and Song
III An Inquisition According to Mahlon
IV “Strength from Weakness”
V The Verdict Goes Against Jezebel
VI The Golden Egg
VII Field Mice Among the Wheat
VIII A Secret Among the Stars
IX Sometimes Your Soul Shows
X A Trick of the Subconscious
XI The Driver of the Chariot
XII Those Who Serve
XIII Only Three Words
XIV The Cloud That Grew
XV The Last Straw
XVI The Eyes of Elizabeth
XVII “A Millstone and the Human Heart”
XVIII A Triumph in Millinery
XIX Rebecca Pronounces Judgment
XX The Decision Marcia Reached
XXI “Whatsoever a Man Sows”
XXII Behind the Lilac Wall
XXIII The Flag on Its Journey

LIST OF CHARACTERS
  • Mahala Spellman, the Model Child
  • Mahlon Spellman, the Dry-goods Merchant
  • Elizabeth Spellman, a Fine Lady
  • Martin Moreland, the Harvester of Riches
  • Mrs. Martin Moreland, a Bewildered Wife
  • Martin Moreland, Junior, a Chip from the Paternal Block
  • Becky Sampson, Bearer of the White Flag
  • Edith Williams, the Child of Discontent
  • Marcia Peters, the Bearer of Chains
  • Jason Peters, Walking the Road
  • Mehitable Ashcroft, Teacher of Room Five
  • Peter Potter, the Village Grocer
  • Ellen Ford, a Wild Rose
  • Jemima Davis, a Friend in Need
  • Nancy Bodkin, Who Believed in Face Values

Remainder of characters: School children, villagers, a minister, a doctor, a lawyer, etc.


THE WHITE FLAG

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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