CONTENTS


;HAPTER                                      PAGE
    I. THE EXAMINING COMMITTEE                   I
    II. MADELINE CLYDE  .   .                  14

  111. THE EXAMINATION .                      25

  IV. GRANDPA MARKHAM                        40

  V. THE RESULT   .   .                      50
  VI. CONVALESCENCE                           69
  VII. THE DRIVE    .  .                      86

  VIII. SHADOWINGS OF WHAT WVAS TO BE          95
  IX. THE DECISION.            .    .        iO4
  X. AT AIKENSIDE        .    .    .107
  XI. GUY AT HOME                            120
  XII. A GENEROUS LETTER                      144

  XIII. UNCLE JOSEPH                          iss
  XIV. MADDY AND LUCY    ..             .     171
  XV. THE HOLIDAYS     .                     191
  XVI. THE DOCTOR AND MIADDY                  217
  XVII. WOMANHOOD    .   .   .                 226

XVIII. THE BURI)EN                            239
XIX. LIFE AT THE COTTAGE                    256
  XX. THE BURDEN GROWS HEAVIER               273
  XXI. THE INTERVAL BEFORE THE MARRIAGE       286

  XXII. BEFORE THE BRIDAL            .         296

XXIII. LUCY     .        ...                  308
XXIV. FINALE     .     .   .   .   .       .312
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