The Upas Tree
Reading edition
A Christmas Story for all the Year
By
Florence L. Barclay
Author of "The Rosary," etc
G.P. Putnam's Sons
New York and London
The Knickerbocker Press
1912
COPYRIGHT
BY
FLORENCE L. BARCLAY
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
To V.C.B. 53-22146
CONTENTS
Part I
CHAPTER I—WHICH SHALL SPEAK FIRST?
CHAPTER II—THE SOB OF THE WOMAN
CHAPTER III—HELEN TAKES THE INITIATIVE
CHAPTER IV—FIRELIGHT IN THE STUDIO
Part II
CHAPTER V—THE INFANT OF PRAGUE
CHAPTER VI—AUBREY PUTS DOWN HIS FOOT
CHAPTER VII—A FRIEND IN NEED
CHAPTER VIII—PARADISE LOST
CHAPTER IX—THE PINNACLE OF THE TEMPLE
Part III
CHAPTER X—RONNIE ARRIVES IN A FOG
CHAPTER XI—THE MIRAGE
CHAPTER XII—A FRIEND IN DEED
CHAPTER XIII—RONNIE FACES THE UPAS
CHAPTER XIV—AS IN A MIRROR
Part IV
CHAPTER XV—"THE FOG LIFTS"
CHAPTER XVI—"HEMUSTREMEMBER"
CHAPTER XVII—"HE NEVER KNEW!"
CHAPTER XVIII—THE FACE IN THE MIRROR
CHAPTER XIX—UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN
CHAPTER XX—GOOD-NIGHT TO THE INFANT OF PRAGUE