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George Randolph Chester. The Ball of Fire
The Ball of Fire
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. NO PLACE FOR SENTIMENT
CHAPTER II “WHY?”
CHAPTER III. THE CHANGE IN THE RECTOR’S EYES
CHAPTER IV. TOO MANY MEN
CHAPTER V. EDWARD E. ALLISON TAKES A VACATION
CHAPTER VI. THE IMPULSIVE YOUNG MAN FROM HOME
CHAPTER VII. THEY HAD ALREADY SPOILED HER!
CHAPTER VIII. STILL PIECING OUT THE WORLD
CHAPTER IX. THE MINE FOR THE GOLDEN ALTAR
CHAPTER X. THE STORM CENTRE OF MAGNETIC ATTRACTION
CHAPTER XI “GENTLEMEN, THERE IS YOUR EMPIRE!”
CHAPTER XII. GAIL SOLVES THE PROBLEM OF VEDDER COURT
CHAPTER XIII. THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
CHAPTER XIV. THE FREE AND ENTIRELY UNCURBED
CHAPTER XV. BUT WHY WAS SHE LONESOME?
CHAPTER XVI. GAIL AT HOME
CHAPTER XVII. SOMETHING HAPPENS TO GERALD FOSLAND
CHAPTER XVIII. THE MESSAGE FROM NEW YORK
CHAPTER XIX. THE RECTOR KNOWS
CHAPTER XX. THE BREED OF GAIL
CHAPTER XXI. THE PUBLIC IS AROUSED
CHAPTER XXII. THE REV. SMITH BOYD PROTESTS
CHAPTER XXIII. A SERIES OF GAIETIES
CHAPTER XXIV. THE MAKER OF MAPS
CHAPTER XXV. A QUESTION OF EUGENICS
CHAPTER XXVI. AN EMPIRE AND AN EMPRESS
CHAPTER XXVII. ALLISON’S PRIVATE AND PARTICULAR DEVIL
CHAPTER XXVIII. LOVE
CHAPTER XXIX. GAIL FIRST!
CHAPTER XXX. THE FLUTTER OF A SHEET OF MUSIC
CHAPTER XXXI. GAIL BREAKS A PROMISE
CHAPTER XXXII. GERALD FOSLAND MAKES A SPEECH
CHAPTER XXXIII. CHICKEN, OR STEAK?
CHAPTER XXXIV. A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE
CHAPTER XXXV. A VESTRY MEETING
CHAPTER XXXVI. HAND IN HAND
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George Randolph Chester, Lillian Chester
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“Good-bye, dearie,” and Lucile kissed her cousin in plain sight of the curb, upon which there was nothing for that young lady to do but go.
For an instant, Edward E. Allison had a glimpse of her, in her garnet and turquoise, flanked by a sprightly vision in blue and another sprightly vision in pink, and he thought he heard the suppressed sounds of tittering; then the door closed, and the lace curtains of the hall windows bulged outward, and Gail came tripping down the steps.
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