6 XVI. GOOD SAMARITANS 143 XVII. GROPINGS 154 XVIII. THE ZWEIBUND 165 XIX. LOSS AND GAIN 175 XX. THE CONVALESCENT 187 XXI. BROFFIN'S EQUATION 201 XXII. IN THE BURGLAR-PROOF 218 XXIII. CONVERGING ROADS 234 XXIV. THE FORWARD LIGHT 248 XXV. THE BRIDGE OF JEHENNAM 260 XXVI. PITFALLS 274 XXVII. IN THE SHADOWS 286 XXVIII. BROKEN LINKS 295 XXIX. ALL THAT A MAN HATH 312 XXX. THE VALLEY OF DRY BONES 332 XXXI. NARROWING WALLS 347 XXXII. THE LION'S SHARE 354 XXXIII. GATES OF BRASS 368 XXXIV. THE ABYSS 375 XXXV. MARGERY'S ANSWER 384 XXXVI. THE GRAY WOLF

396 XXXVII. THE QUALITY OF MERCY 408 XXXVIII. THE PENDULUM-SWING 416 XXXIX. DUST AND ASHES 428 XL. APPLES OF ISTAKHAR 438 XLI. THE DESERT AND THE SOWN 448 THE PRICE I AT CHAUDIÈRE'S In the days when New Orleans still claimed distinction as the only American city without trolleys, sky-scrapers, or fast trains--was it yesterday? or the day before?--there was a dingy, cobwebbed café in an arcade off Camp Street which was well-beloved of newspaperdom; particularly of that wing of the force whose activities begin late and end in the small hours. "Chaudière's," it was called, though I know not if that were the name of the round-faced, round-bodied little Marseillais who took toll at the desk. But all men knew the fame of its gumbo and its stuffed crabs, and that its claret was neither very bad nor very dear. And if the walls wer-

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