MARIE CONWAY OEMLER
Reading edition
Author of "Slippy McGee." "A Woman Named Smith," etc.
NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO. 1920
To JOHN NORTON OEMLER FROM THE LADY HIS SON USED TO CALL "MRS. DADDY"
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. THE RED ADMIRAL
CHAPTER II. THE PROMISE
CHAPTER III. AT GRIPS WITH LIFE
CHAPTER IV. THE SOUL OF BLACK FOLKS
CHAPTER V. THE PURPLE HEIGHTS
CHAPTER VI. GOOD MORNING, GOOD LUCK!
CHAPTER VII. WHERE THE ROAD DIVIDED
CHAPTER VIII. CINDERELLA
CHAPTER IX. PRICE-TAGS
CHAPTER X. THE DEAR DAM-FOOL
CHAPTER XI. HIS GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE
CHAPTER XII. "NOT BY BREAD ALONE"
CHAPTER XIII. THE BRIGHT SHADOW
CHAPTER XIV. SWAN FEATHERS
CHAPTER XV. "I, TOO, IN ARCADIA"
CHAPTER XVI. THE OTHER MAN
CHAPTER XVII. THE GUTTER-CANDLE
CHAPTER XVIII. KISMET!
CHAPTER XIX. THE POWER
CHAPTER XX. AND THE GLORY
CHARACTERS
PETER CHAMPNEYS: Of Riverton, South Carolina, and Paris, France. MARIA CHAMPNEYS: His Mother. CHADWICK CHAMPNEYS: The God in the Machine. EMMA CAMPBELL: A Colored Woman. ANNE CHAMPNEYS, NÉE NANCY SIMMS: Cinderella. MRS. JOHN HEMINGWAY: Peter's First Teacher. JOHN HEMINGWAY: An American. JASON VANDERVELDE: An Attorney at Law. MRS. JASON VANDERVELDE: Anne's Mentor. MRS. MACGREGOR: A Disciple of Hannah More. GLENN MITCHELL: A Bright Shadow. BERKELEY HAYDEN: The Other Man. GRACIE: A Gutter-Candle. DENISE: A Perfume. THE QUARTIER LATIN. RIVERTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. THE CAROLINA COLORED FOLKS. MARTIN LUTHER: A Gray Cat. SATAN: A Black Cat. THE RED ADMIRAL: A Fairy.