CONTENTS


                     BOOK I
CHAPTER                                     PAGE
    I Miss LADY                              I
    II MULEY                                  To
    III THE VISITOR                            33
    IV A QUESTION OF VALUATION                 41
    V CERTAIN PROBLEMS                        62
    VI THE DRUM                                71
  TIll THE BELL                              85
  VIII THE VOLCANO                            99
  IX ON ITS MAJESTY'S SERVICE               105
  X Miss LADY OF THE STAIR                  124
  XI COLONEL CALVIN BLOUNT'S PROPOSAL       131
  XII A WOMAN SCORNED                        141
  XIII JOHN DOE VS. Y. V. R. R.               147
  XIV NUMBER 4                                153
  XV THE PURSUIT                             159
  XVI THE TRAVELING BAG                       169
XVII Miss LADY AND HENRY DECHERD            174
XI'111 MISFORTUNE                            i85

                    BOOK II
    I THE MAKING OF THE WILDERNESS           191


                   BOOK III
    I EDDRING, AGENT OF CLAIMS               199
    11 THE OPINIONS OF CALVIN BLOUNT         208
  III REGARDING LOUISE LoissoN              218
  IV THE RELIGION OF JULES                  237