A KINSMAN OF THE HOUSE 60

VI. SETTLEMENTS 70

VII. THE "SPITE HOUSE" OF BAREACRE 82

VIII. NEEDS AND HELPERS 93

IX. THE WATERLOO OF BONAPARTE LAFAYETTE 105

X. HOME-MAKING 117

XI. THE YOUNG OLD MAN AND OLD YOUNG GIRL 130

XII. BAD NEWS FROM BURNSIDE 142

XIII. AMY PAYS A BUSINESS CALL 154

XIV. PEPITA FINDS A NEW HOME 167

XV. FACING HARD FACTS 181

XVI. AMY BEGINS TO SPIN 192

XVII. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF BALAAM 210

XVIII. THE FASCINATION OF INDUSTRY 224

XIX. MOTIVES AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS 236

XX. IN THE OLD HOME 248

XXI. A PECULIAR INVITATION 264

XXII. TWO WANDERERS RETURN 279

XXIII. FREDERIC KAYE'S WELCOME HOME 292

XXIV. FAIRACRES IS CLOSED 304

XXV. MYSTERIES AND MASTERIES 315

XXVI. A PICNIC IN THE GLEN 324

XXVII. A DOUBLE INHERITANCE IN A SINGLE DAY 333

XXVIII. ONE WONDERFUL AUTUMN DAY 345

XXIX. CONCLUSION 363

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
"She pulled a book from her pocket and began to
read" _Frontispiece_ 12

"'Take care! You'll drop sperm on the rug, tipping
that candlestick so!'" 68

"'Then I'm glad, glad that you are to have Pepita'" 173

"She so gently manipulated the swollen ankle and bound
it with the lotions" 262

"He began to gather up the coins" 334

REELS AND SPINDLES.

CHAPTER I.

A BYWAY OF THE ARDSLEY.

The white burro had a will of her own. So, distinctly, had her mistress.
As had often happened, these two wills conflicted.

For the pair had come to a point where three ways met. Pepita wanted to
ascend the hill, by a path she knew, to stable and supper. Amy wished to
follow a descending road, which she did not know, into the depths of the
forest. Neither inclined toward the safe mid