ELEANOR M. INGRAM
Reading edition
AUTHOR OF "THE FLYING MERCURY," "THE GAME OR THE CANDLE," ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR BY JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG
PHILADELPHIA & LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
1912
COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PUBLISHED, FEBRUARY, 1912 PUBLISHED, FEBRUARY 15, 1912 SECOND PRINTING FEBRUARY 20, 1912 PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS PHILADELPHIA, U.S.A.
To My Dear and Gracious Mother
CONTENTS
CHAPTERPAGE
The Kid Amateur 11
Corrie and his Other Fellow 25
The Household of Roses 42
Isabel 73
The Vase of Al-Mansor 91
Wreck 117
"The Greatest of These" 137
Aftermath 152
The House at the Turn 162
Sentence of Error 171
Gerard's Man 188
The Making Good 201
The Titan's Driver 212
Val de Rosas 233
The Strength of Ten 250
The White Road of Honor 267
The End of the Road 300
ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
Frontispiece The People Burst Out Over the Course and Overwhelmed the Victors
14 Giddy, She Willingly Suffered His Support, then Drew Back, Her Color Returning Vividly
78 "Wipe It Off," She Requested Resignedly, "Wipe It Off and Never Tell"