ble Christenings 152

CHAPTER XV.
Some Affairs of the Heart Considered in their Relation
to Dollars and Cents 169

CHAPTER XVI.
Some Things which Happened in our Halcyon Days 185

CHAPTER XVII.
Relating to the Disposition of the Captives 201

CHAPTER XVIII.
The Going Away of Laura and Clifford, and the
Departure of Mr. Trescott 214

CHAPTER XIX.
In which Events Resume their Usual Course--at a
Somewhat Accelerated Pace 231

CHAPTER XX.
I Twice Explain the Condition of the Trescott Estate 248

CHAPTER XXI.
Of Conflicts, Within and Without 260

CHAPTER XXII.
In which I Win my Great Victory 270

CHAPTER XXIII.
The "Dutchman's Mill" and What it Ground 281

CHAPTER XXIV.
The Beginning of the End 291

CHAPTER XXV.
That Last Weird Battle in the West 306

CHAPTER XXVI.
The End--and a Beginning 320

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THE PERSONS OF THE STORY.

James Elkins, the "man who made Lattimore," known as "Jim."

Albert Barslow, who tells the tale; the friend and partner of Jim.

Alice Barslow, his wife; at first, his sweetheart.

William Trescott, known as "Bill," a farmer and capitalist.

Josephine Trescott, his daughter.

Mrs. Trescott, his wife.

Mr. Hinckley, a banker of Lattimore.

Mrs. Hinckley, his wife; devoted to the emancipation of woman.

Antonia, their daughter.

Aleck Macdonald, pioneer and capitalist.

General Lattimore, pioneer, soldier, and godfather of Lattimore.

Miss Addison, the general's niece.

Captain Marion Tolliver, Confederate veteran and Lattimore boomer.

Mrs. Tolliver, his wife.

Will Lattimore, a lawyer.

Mr. Ballard, a banker.

J. Bedford Cornish, a speculator, who with Elkins, Barslow,
and Hinckley make up the great Lattimore "Syndicate."

Clifford Giddings, editor and proprietor of the Lattimore Herald.

De Forest Barr-Smith, an Englishman "representing capital."