PART I
CHAPTER I
THE STRANGER AT THE BROCK HOUSE
CHAPTER II
THE PALMETTO CLEARING
CHAPTER III
THE INTERVIEW
CHAPTER IV
HOPING AND WAITING
CHAPTER V
MISS DORY
CHAPTER VI
THE SERVICES
CHAPTER VII
COL. CROMPTON
CHAPTER VIII
THE CHILD OF THE CLEARING
CHAPTER IX
THE COLONEL AND JAKE
CHAPTER X
EUDORA
PART II
HOWARD CROMPTON TO JACK HARCOURT
JACK HARCOURT TO HOWARD CROMPTON
ELOISE
THE ACCIDENT
AMY
AT MRS. BIGGS'S
RUBY ANN PATRICK
MRS. BIGGS'S REMINISCENCES
LETTER FROM REV. CHARLES MASON
PART SECOND OF REV. MR. MASON'S LETTER
CHAPTER XI
SUNDAY CALLS
CHAPTER XII
THE MARCH OF EVENTS
CHAPTER XIII
GETTING READY FOR THE RUMMAGE SALE
CHAPTER XIV
THE FIRST SALE
CHAPTER XV
AT THE RUMMAGE
CHAPTER XVI
THE AUCTION
PART III
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
THE LITTLE RED CLOAK
ELOISE AT THE CROMPTON HOUSE
THE SHADOW OF DEATH
LOOKING FOR A WILL
IN FLORIDA
IN THE PALMETTO CLEARING
THE LITTLE HAIR TRUNK
WHAT HOWARD FOUND
HOWARD'S TEMPTATION
CONCLUSION
