THE CASSOWARY
Reading edition
What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains
BY STANLEY WATERLOO
Author of "The Story of Ab," "The Seekers," "The Wolf's Long Howl," "The Story of a Strange Career," Etc., Etc.
PUBLISHERS
MONARCH BOOK COMPANY
CHICAGO
COPYRIGHT 1906 BY MONARCH BOOK COMPANY CHICAGO
CONTENTS
Chapter Page
I. What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 1
II. A Man 11
III. John Lipsky's Sign 19
IV. A Special Providence 27
V. The "Far Away Lady" 52
VI. The Life Line 60
VII. A Toad and a Song 79
VIII. Alan MacGregor's Brown Leg 84
IX. The Huge Hound's Mood 101
X. The Siren 114
XI. The Porter's Story 134
XII. The Purple Stocking 151
XIII. Hesitant 165
XIV. A Test of Attitude 177
XV. A Samoan Idyl 184
XVI. A Woman and Sheep 191
XVII. The Enchanted Cow 213
XVIII. Love and a Zulu 231
XIX. At Bay Softly 250
XX. Love Will Find the Way 258
XXI. A Literary Love Affair 270
XXII. Abercrombie's Wooing 288
XXIII. Evan Cummings' Courtship 305
XXIV. The Swiss Family Robertson 317
XXV. The Lowry-Turck Love Entanglement 345
XXVI. The Pale Peacock and the Purple Herring 363
XXVII. The Release 374
XXVIII. Love's Insolence 384
XXIX. At Last 393
ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
"THE STOREKEEPER!" HE EXCLAIMED 28
"I HAVE BEEN NARROW," SAID THE MINISTER 48
THEY PLUNGED INTO THE WHITENESS 68
THE GREAT SNAKE BEGAN ITS WORK OF DEGLUTITION 91
THE BIG BODY RELAXED AND STRAIGHTENED OUT 107
THE MAYOR HAD BEEN GETTING INTERESTED 123
THE AWARD COULD BUT GO TO UNA LOA 189
THE CHILDREN CARRIED AWAY ARMFULS OF FLOWERS 209
SIR GLADYS ESCORTED THE LADY FLORETTA HOME 227
HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS AS A CHILD 285
A DOZEN OR MORE NESTS WERE FOUND 339
"WE SHALL MEET AT BREAKFAST" 383