She Buildeth Her House
Will Levington Comfort
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She Buildeth Her House
By Will Levington Comfort
Author of "Routledge Rides Alone," etc
With a Frontispiece By Martin Justice
Philadelphia & London J. B. Lippincott Company 1911
COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
Published May, 1911
PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS PHILADELPHIA, U.S.A.
A BOUGH BROUGHT WITH SINGING TO THE FEET OF HER WHO CROSSED THE SANDS ALONE IN ADORING PILGRIMAGE FOR HER SON
HE REACHED THE CURBING OF THE OLD WELL WITH HIS BURDEN]
Contents
FIRST CHAPTER. PAULA ENCOUNTERS THE REMARKABLE EYES OF HER FIRST GIANT,AND HEARKENS TO THE SECOND, THUNDERING AFAR-OFF
SECOND CHAPTER. PAULA CONTEMPLATES THE WALL OF A HUNDRED WINDOWS, ANDTHE MYSTERIOUS MADAME NESTOR CALLS AT THE ZOROASTER
THIRD CHAPTER. CERTAIN DEVELOPING INCIDENTS ARE CAUGHT INTO THE CURRENTOF NARRATIVE--ALSO A SUPPER WITH REIFFERSCHEID
FOURTH CHAPTER. PAULA ENCOUNTERS HER ADVERSARY WHO TURNS PROPHET ANDTELLS OF A STARRY CHILD SOON TO BE BORN
FIFTH CHAPTER. PAULA IS INVOLVED IN THE FURIOUS HISTORY OF SELMA CROSSAND WRITES A LETTER TO QUENTIN CHARTER
SIXTH CHAPTER. PAULA IS CALLED TO PARLOR "F" OF THE MAIDSTONE WHERE THEBEYOND-DEVIL AWAITS WITH OUTSTRETCHED ARMS
SEVENTH CHAPTER. PAULA BEGINS TO SEE MORE CLEARLY THROUGH MADAMENESTOR'S REVELATIONS, AND WITNESSES A BROADWAY ACCIDENT
EIGHTH CHAPTER. PAULA MAKES SEVERAL DISCOVERIES IN THE CHARTERHEART-COUNTRY, AND IS DELIGHTED BY HIS LETTERS TO THE SKYLARK
NINTH CHAPTER. PAULA IS DRAWN INTO THE SELMA CROSS PAST AND IS BRAVELYWOOED THROUGH FURTHER MESSAGES FROM THE WEST
TENTH CHAPTER. PAULA SEES SELMA CROSS IN TRAGEDY, AND IN HER OWNAPARTMENT NEXT MORNING IS GIVEN A REALITY TO PLAY
ELEVENTH CHAPTER. PAULA IS SWEPT DEEP INTO A DESOLATE COUNTRY BY THEHIGH TIDE, BUT NOTES A QUICK CHANGE IN SELMA CROSS
TWELFTH CHAPTER. CERTAIN ELEMENTS FOR THE CHARTER CRUCIBLE, AND HISMOTHER'S PILGRIMAGE, ACROSS THE SANDS ALONE TO MECCA
THIRTEENTH CHAPTER. "NO MAN CAN ENTER INTO A STRONG MAN'S HOUSE, ANDSPOIL HIS GOODS, EXCEPT HE WILL FIRST BIND THE STRONG MAN"
FOURTEENTH CHAPTER. THE SINGING OF THE SKYLARK CEASES ABRUPTLY; CHARTERHASTENS EAST TO FIND A QUEER MESSAGE AT THE GRANVILLE
FIFTEENTH CHAPTER. QUENTIN CHARTER AND SELMA CROSS JOIN ISSUE ON A NEWBATTLE-GROUND, EACH LEAVING THE FIELD WITH OPEN WOUNDS
SIXTEENTH CHAPTER. PAULA, FINDING THAT BOTH GIANTS HAVE ENTERED HERCASTLE, RUSHES IN TUMULT INTO THE NIGHT
SEVENTEENTH CHAPTER. PAULA SAILS INTO THE SOUTH, SEEKING THE HOLY MAN OFSAINT PIERRE, WHERE LA MONTAGNE PELEE GIVES WARNING
EIGHTEENTH CHAPTER. PAULA IS INVOLVED IN THE RENDING FORTUNES OF SAINTPIERRE AND THE PANTHER CALLS WITH NEW YORK MAIL
NINETEENTH CHAPTER. QUENTIN CHARTER IS ATTRACTED BY THE TRAVAIL OFPELEE, AND ENCOUNTERS A QUEER FELLOW-VOYAGER
TWENTIETH CHAPTER. CHARTER'S MIND BECOMES THE ARENA OF CONFLICT BETWEENTHE WYNDAM WOMAN AND SKYLARK MEMORIES
TWENTY-FIRST CHAPTER. CHARTER COMMUNES WITH THE WYNDAM WOMAN, ANDCONFESSES THE GREAT TROUBLE OF HIS HEART TO FATHER FONTANEL
TWENTY-SECOND CHAPTER. CHARTER MAKES A PILGRIMAGE TO THE CRATERS OFPELEE--ONE LAST DAY DEVOTED TO THE SPIRIT OF OLD LETTERS
TWENTY-THIRD CHAPTER. CHARTER AND STOCK ARE CALLED TO THE PRIEST'S HOUSEIN THE NIGHT, AND THE WYNDAM WOMAN STAYS AT THE PALMS
TWENTY-FOURTH CHAPTER. HAVING TO DO ESPECIALLY WITH THE MORNING OF THEASCENSION, WHEN THE MONSTER, PELEE, GIVES BIRTH TO DEATH
TWENTY-FIFTH CHAPTER. THE SARAGOSSA ENCOUNTERS THE RAGING FIRE-MISTSFROM PELEE EIGHT MILES AT SEA, BUT LIVES TO SEND A BOAT ASHORE
TWENTY-SIXTH CHAPTER. PAULA AND CHARTER IN SEVERAL SETTINGS FEEL THEENERGY OF THE GREAT GOOD THAT DRIVES THE WORLD
TWENTY-SEVENTH CHAPTER. PAULA AND CHARTER JOURNEY INTO THE WEST; ONEHEARS VOICES, BUT NOT THE WORDS OFTEN, FROM RAPTURE'S ROADWAY
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