Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer

CONTENTS


I. A Song of Golden Summer

II. The House Behind the World

III. For Auld Lang Syne

IV. "To Thine Own Self Be True"

V. Flying in the Face of Superstition

VI. The Shadow

VII. The Veiled Prophetess of Destiny

VIII. Unveiling the Prophetess

IX. The Meaning of Semper Fidelis

X. The Shadow Deepens

XI. Postponing Happiness

XII. The Better Part

XIII. An Innocent Meddler

XIV. The Beginning of the End

XV. Merely a Looker-On

XVI. J. Elfreda's Master Stroke

XVII. Fate

XVIII. A Gleam of Hope

XIX. The Letter

XX. The Last Chance

XXI. The Call of the Elf's Horn

XXII. Out of the Valley

XXIII. The Strange Story

XXIV. The Noon of Golden Summer


CHAPTER I

A SONG OF GOLDEN SUMMER


"Now, David, you know that I know that you don't know what I know.
Therefore, if I know that you don't know what I _know_ you don't know,
it's very plain to be seen that either you or I know very little. Now,
which of us is a know-nothing? Don't be afraid to confess. Remember, we
are your friends." Hippy Wingate beamed benevolently upon his victim,
bland expectation written on his plump face.

"No real friend of mine would ever take such cowardly advantage of the
English language," was David Nesbit's scathing retort. "I'll leave it to
Grace if I'm not right."

"There, Grace. At last you have an opportunity to strike for the right.
I believe in striking a valiant blow for the right----"