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HELD TO ANSWER

PETER CLARK MACFARLANE

Held to Answer

"Follow your star, John," Bessie declared stoutly. Frontispiece. See page 82.

HELD TO ANSWER
A NOVEL

With illustrations by
W. B. King

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1916

Copyright, 1916,
By Little, Brown, and Company.

Published, February, 1916
Reprinted, February, 1916

Presswork by
C. H. Simonds Co., Boston, U. S. A.

CONTENTS

Chapter		Page
I	The Face That Did not Fit	1
II	One Man and Another	12
III	When the Dark Went Away	27
IV	Advent and Adventure	37
V	The Rate Clerk	54
VI	On Two Fronts	64
VII	The High Bid	76
VIII	John Makes Up	88
IX	A Demonstration from the Gallery	98
X	A Stage Kiss	107
XI	Seed to the Wind	113
XII	A Thing Incalculable	127
XIII	The Scene Played Out	134
XIV	The Method of a Dream	145
XV	The Catastrophe	154
XVI	The King Still Lives	161
XVII	When Dreams Come True	173
XVIII	The House Divided	186
XIX	His Next Adventure	202
XX	A Woman with a Want	216
XXI	A Cry of Distress	225
XXII	Pursuit Begins	242
XXIII	Capricious Woman	257
XXIV	The Day of All Days	265
XXV	His Bright Idea	281
XXVI	Unexpectedly Easy	293
XXVII	The First Alarm	307
XXVIII	The Arrest	320
XXIX	The Angel Advises	332
XXX	The Scene in the Vault	341
XXXI	A Misadventure	358
XXXII	The Coward and His Conscience	366
XXXIII	The Battle of the Headlines	378
XXXIV	A Way That Women Have	391
XXXV	On Preliminary Examination	400
XXXVI	A Promise of Strength	430
XXXVII	The Terms of Surrender	441
XXXVIII	Sunday in All People's	463
XXXIX	The Cup Too Full	472
XL	The Elder in the Chair	491

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"Follow your star, John," Bessie declared stoutly		Frontispiece
He felt stricken, broken, overwhelmed		page 26
A foolish quiver passed over him and shook him till he actually trembled		page„ 46
"Don't speak to me, don't!" she commanded hoarsely		page„ 184
"You nailed it up," rebutted John flatly		page„ 194
"That man is innocent"		page„ 509

This work was published before January 1, 1930, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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