E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Project Gutenberg Beginners Projects,
Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
by
Author of the Hundredth Chance, The Lamp in the Desert,
The Swindler, etc.
1918
"NOW MR. GREATHEART WAS A STRONG MAN."—The Pilgrims Progress.
I Dedicate This Book to A. G. C.
Friend of My Heart and to the Memory of All the Happy Days We have Spent
Together.
I. The Wanderer
II. The Looker-On
III. The Search
IV. The Magician
V. Apollo
VI. Cinderella
VII. The Broken Spell
VIII. Mr. Greatheart
IX. The Runaway Colt.
X. The House of Bondage
XI. Olympus
XII. The Wine of the Gods
XIII. Friendship in the Desert
XIV. The Purple Empress
XV. The Mountain Crest
XVI. The Second Draught
XVII. The Unknown Force
XVIII. The Escape of the Prisoner
XIX. The Cup of Bitterness
XX. The Vision of Greatheart
XXI. The Return
XXII. The Valley of the Shadow
XXIII. The Way Back
XXIV. The Lights of a City
XXV. The True Gold
XXVI. The Call of Apollo
XXVII. The Golden Maze
XXVIII. The Lesson
XXIX. The Captive
XXX. The Second Summons
I. Cinderella's Prince
II. Wedding Arrangements
III. Despair
IV. The New Home
V. The Watcher
VI. The Wrong Road
VII. Doubting Castle
VIII. THE VICTORY
IX. THE BURDEN
X. THE HOURS OF DARKNESS
XI. THE NET
XII. THE DIVINE SPARK
XIII. THE BROKEN HEART
XIV. THE WRATH OF THE GODS
XV. THE SAPPHIRE FOR FRIENDSHIP
XVI. THE OPEN DOOR
XVII. THE LION IN THE PATH
XVIII. THE TRUTH
XIX. THE FURNACE
XX. THE COMING OF GREATHEART
XXI. THE VALLEY OF HUMILIATION
XXII. SPOKEN IN JEST
XXIII. THE KNIGHT IN DISGUISE
XXIV. THE MOUNTAIN SIDE
XXV. THE TRUSTY FRIEND
XXVI. THE LAST SUMMONS
XXVII. THE MOUNTAIN-TOP
XXVIII. CONSOLATION
XXIX. THE SEVENTH HEAVEN
Biddy Maloney stood at the window of her mistress's bedroom, and surveyedthe world with eyes of stern disapproval. There was nothing of the smartlady's maid about Biddy. She abominated smart lady's maids. A flyawayFrench cap and an apron barely reaching to the knees were to her the veryessence of flighty impropriety. There was just such a creature inattendance upon Lady Grace de Vigne who occupied the best suite of roomsin the hotel, and Biddy very strongly resented her existence. In her ownmind she despised her as a shameless hussy wholly devoid of all ideas of"dacency." Her resentment was partly due to the fact that the indecentone belonged to the party in possession of the best suite, which they hadoccupied some three weeks before Biddy and her party had appeared