WHAT A LITTLE SCHEMER IT IS
CHAPTER VIII.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO, DEAR?
CHAPTER IX.
"TREMENDOUS FACTS!" HE SAID
CHAPTER X.
AND SHE ALWAYS TRIED
CHAPTER XI.
I HAVE BUT TO TRY AGAIN
CHAPTER XII.
I WANT THEM TO GET USED TO PARLORS
CHAPTER XIII.
LET US BE FASHIONABLE
CHAPTER XIV.
"SOMETHING'S HAPPENED!"
CHAPTER XV.
WHAT MADE HER DIFFERENT?
CHAPTER XVI.
HERE WAS HIS OPPORTUNITY
CHAPTER XVII.
I WONDER WHAT THEY'RE ALL AFTER
CHAPTER XVIII.
YOURN'S THE WAY
CHAPTER XIX.
WE HAVE BEGUN BACKWARDS
CHAPTER XX.
OH, WHAT A NICE THOUGHT!
CHAPTER XXI.
HAD HIS EXPERIMENT BEEN TOO SEVERE?
CHAPTER XXII.
SOME PEOPLE ARE HARD TO WARN
CHAPTER XXIII.
PART OF THE GREAT WELL-TO-DO WORLD
CHAPTER XXIV.
FOR YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT MAY COME
CHAPTER XXV.
WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH?
CHAPTER XXVI.
"O LORD, TAKE DIRK TOO!"
CHAPTER XXVII.
AN AWFUL PROBLEM
CHAPTER XXVIII.
MAY SHE GO WITH ME?
CHAPTER XXIX.
WHAT IF I BELONGED?
CHAPTER XX-
X.
IT IS NO MADE-UP AFFAIR
CHAPTER XXXI.
THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM
CHAPTER I.
"IT MAY BE THAT SHE IS WORKING STILL."
It was raining drearily, and but few people were abroad--that is, few,
comparatively speaking, though the streets seemed full of hurrying,
dripping mortals. In the large dry-goods store business was by no means
so brisk as on sunny days, and one of the younger clerks, whose station
was near a window looking out upon the thoroughfare, had time to stand
gazing at the passers-by. They did not seem to interest him particularly,
or else they puzzled him. His young, handsome face wore a thoughtful
look, almost a troubled expression about the eyes, which seemed to be
gazing beyond the passers-by. Just across the aisle from him, a lady,
seated in one of the easy chairs set for the accommodation of shoppers,
waited and watched him,--a young and pretty woman, tastefully, even
elegantly dressed, yet her