A MAN'S HEARTH
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[Illustration: ELSIE FELT THE GLANCE PASS ACROSS HER AND REST ON ANTHONY
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A MAN'S HEARTH
BY
ELEANOR M. INGRAM
AUTHOR OF "FROM THE CAB BEHIND," "THE UNAFRAID," ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR BY EDMUND FREDERICK
[Illustration]
PHILADELPHIA & LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1915
COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PUBLISHED OCTOBER 1915
PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. TONY ADRIANCE----"MILLIONS, YOU KNOW!" 9
II. HIS NEIGHBOR'S WIFE 27
III. THE GIRL OUTSIDE 45
IV. THE WOMAN WHO GRASPED 55
V. THE LITTLE RED HOUSE 77
VI. THE WOMAN WHO GAVE 96
VII. THE DARING ADVENTURE 109
VIII. ANDY OF THE MOTOR-TRUCKS 110
IX. THE LUCK IN THE HOUSE 144
X. MRS. MASTERSON TAKES TEA 155
XI. THE GLOWING HEARTH 173
XII. THE UPPER TRAIL 184
XIII. WHAT TONY BUILT 203
XIV. THE CABARET DANCER 215
XV. THE OTHER MAN'S ROAD 229
XVI. THE GUITAR OF ALENYA OF THE SEA 243
XVII. RUSSIAN MIKE AND MAITRE RAOUL GALVEZ 261
XVIII. THE CHALLENGE 271
XIX. THE ADRIANCES 283
XX. THE CORNERSTONE 308
Table of contents (by pages)
- 1: A Man's Hearth by Eleanor M. Ingram
- 2: After a moment he drew a cigar case from his pocket
- 3: Its windows all gleaming with light from within
- 4: The baby was standing upright in its coach
- 5: Then let his gaze fall to the avenue below the terraced lawn
- 6: Adriance looked up perfunctorily
- 7: Adriance looked up with a certain curiosity
- 8: Adriance had found a boy to hold his horse
- 9: Then Maitre Raoul escaped Hades
- 10: Adriance presently offered vague apology
- 11: So that Adriance saw her twice
- 12: That her mere nearness fired Adriance
- 13: Masterson did neglect his wife
- 14: Adriance bought a pair of pumps for her
- 15: Dropping the forefinger and yawning
- 16: Masterson was not a generous victor
- 17: Adriance dropped the pen his clenching fingers had bent
- 18: Adriance slowly looked over the room
- 19: Adriance spoke with restored calmness
- 20: Tony Adriance went absolutely numb with disgusted wrath
- 21: I could I am Anthony Adriance
- 22: Adriance was spared the necessity of replying
- 23: She herself had followed Adriance for a last word
- 24: Adriance had found his second hazard
- 25: Tony Adriance had accomplished nothing
- 26: Adriance raised himself abruptly
- 27: Adriance looked towards the complainant's voice
- 28: Adriance had eaten little breakfast
- 29: A passing automobile momentarily delayed Adriance
- 30: Suddenly Adriance realized that he was very tired
- 31: You know what I have done to Fred Masterson
- 32: After the dazzling companionship of Lucille Masterson
- 33: Adriance was not rapid of thought
- 34: Elsie Galvez Murray to Anthony Adriance
- 35: He put her into the waiting taxicab
- 36: And four rag rugs in red and white
- 37: Elsie herself stood beside the hearth
- 38: Anthony Adriance had taken a wife
- 39: ' paraphrased Adriance soberly
- 40: Adriance one who can drive a racing machine
- 41: Chapter viiiandy of the motor trucks
- 42: What did young Adriance call you
- 43: Adriance cordially accepted the patronizing kindness
- 44: Then Adriance was across the room
- 45: The marriage of Anthony Adriance
- 46: The manner Elsie had taught him
- 47: How she envied Lucille Masterson her beauty
- 48: The puppy licked them with fond impartiality
- 49: Adriance called acknowledgment
- 50: Adriance flushed before the rebuke
- 51: An order which Adriance seconded without having heard it
- 52: Adriance boredom is not possible
- 53: Masterson nodded an acknowledgment of his grim salute
- 54: LaFitte was a pirate and freebooter
- 55: I come before Clotilda and Nicolette
- 56: I told you Elsie was practical
- 57: Anthony Adriance passed his glance
- 58: Adriance listened with amused criticism
- 59: He can hardly get it unloaded in as short a time as Pedersen
- 60: Adriance cut them off in their incipience
- 61: Adriance did not see him leave
- 62: Adriance foresaw that it would recommence
- 63: Almost at the hour when Adriance
- 64: I'm going to help you clinch Tony Adriance
- 65: The alteration in Masterson frightened her
- 66: Adriance aroused himself and laughed
- 67: Adriance and I want to hear each other speak
- 68: Hesitating steps of the last new waltz
- 69: But Adriance was laughing at her
- 70: Before Adriance could rise she was gone
- 71: Had he ever seen Tony Adriance with Mrs
- 72: Adriance complied without objection
- 73: Masterson sullenly picked up the broken thread
- 74: What had the senior Adriance to do with this affair
- 75: But still Adriance did not move toward the lamp
- 76: Adriance took to keeping a book of records
- 77: That had been for sale so long
- 78: Adriance established himself opposite
- 79: There lived in the East a king named Selim the Sorrowful
- 80: He was again Selim the Sorrowful
- 81: We will take the theatrical guitar
- 82: Adriance bought a guitar for me
- 83: He had seen the invincible Lucille
- 84: He could honestly assure Elsie that Mrs
- 85: Adriance without using my name
- 86: Adriance told the story without reserve
- 87: Adriance took the offered hand
- 88: The Adriances did not speak of him
- 89: Masterson willingly relinquished his charge
- 90: Adriance offered He glanced keenly at her face
- 91: Before either Adriance could speak
- 92: Adriance had managed the whole Masterson divorce case
- 93: Adriance had reddened through his fine
- 94: The Adriance senior and junior
- 95: Unforgiveable things had been said of Lucille Adriance
- 96: Tony to proceed precisely as Tony used to do
- 97: Now I understand what Lucille Masterson wanted of me
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