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CONTENTS

  • I. ENTER CHORUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
  • II. A RESCUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
  • III. OLD HOPES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
  • IV. THE DISASTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
  • V. BEAVER BEACH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
  • VI. "YE'LL TAK' THE HIGH ROAD AND I'LL TAK'
    THE LOW ROAD'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
  • VII. "GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
  • VIII. A BAD PENNY TURNS UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
  • IX. "OUTER DARKNESS" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
  • X. THE TRYST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
  • XI. WHEN HALF-GODS GO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
  • XII. TO REMAIN ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE IS NOT ALWAYS A VICTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
  • XIII. THE WATCHER AND THE WARDEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
  • XIV. WHITE ROSES IN A LAW-OFFICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
  • XV. HAPPY FEAR GIVES HIMSELF UP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
  • XVI. THE TWO CANAANS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
  • XVII. MR. SHEEHAN'S HINTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
  • XVIII. IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
  • XIX. ESKEW ARP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
  • XX. THREE ARE ENLISTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
  • XXI. NORBERT WAITS FOR JOE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
  • XXII. MR. SHEEHAN SPEAKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
  • XXIII. JOE WALKS ACROSS THE COURT-HOUSE YARD . . . . . . . . 330
  • XXIV. MARTIN PIKE KEEPS AN ENGAGEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . 348
  • XXV. THE JURY COMES IN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
  • XXVI. "ANCIENT OF DAYS''. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378

    ILLUSTRATIONS

  • "HE COULD ONLY STARE AT HER''Frontispiece
  • " `THEY'RE ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL,' SHE SAID, SOFTLY' ''Facing p. 46
  • " `JOE, HAVE YOU GOT TO RUN AWAY?' ''. . . . . ." 92
  • " `POSITIVELY NO FREE SEATS!' '' . . . . . . . ." 102
  • " `I'VE SEEN HIM THERE MYSELF' '' . . . . . . . . . . ." 196
  • " `QUIET!' ''. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ." 246
  • " `THINK! WHAT'S HAPPENED LATELY TO MAKE HIM BITE SO HARD?' ''. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ." 268
  • " `YOU WANT ALL THAT CHANGED, YOU MEAN?' ''." 370
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