Chapters (55)
- Chapter 1. A Face.
- Chapter II. Ida Mayhew.
- Chapter III. An Artist's Freak.
- Chapter IV. A Parthian Arrow.
- Chapter V. Spite.
- Chapter VI. Reckless Words and Deeds.
- Chapter VII. Another Feminine Problem.
- Chapter VIII. Glimpses of Tragedy.
- Chapter IX. Unexpectedly Thrown Together.
- Chapter X. Phrases too Suggestive.
- Chapter XI. A "Tableau Vivant."
- Chapter XII. Miss Mayhew is Puzzled.
- Chapter XIII. Nature's Broken Promise.
- Chapter XIV. A Revelation.
- Chapter XV. Contrasts.
- Chapter XVI. Out Among Shadows.
- Chapter XVII. New Forces Developing.
- Chapter XVIII. Love Put to Work.
- Chapter XIX. Man's Highest Honor.
- Chapter XX. A Wretched Secret that Must be Kept.
- Chapter XXI. A Deliberate Wooer.
- Chapter XXII. A Vain Wish.
- Chapter XXIII. Jennie Burton's "Remedies."
- Chapter XXIV. A Hateful, Wretched Life.
- Chapter XXV. Half-truths.
- Chapter XXVI. Sunday Table-talk.
- Chapter XXVII. A Family Group.
- Chapter XXVIII. Rather Volcanic.
- Chapter XXIX. Evil Lives Cast Dark Shadows.
- Chapter XXX. The Deliberate Wooer Speaks First.
- Chapter XXXI. An Emblem.
- Chapter XXXII. The Dangers of Despair.
- Chapter XXXIII. "Hope dies Hard."
- Chapter XXXIV. Puzzled.
- Chapter XXXV. Desperately Wounded.
- Chapter XXXVI. Temptation's Voice
- Chapter XXXVII. Voices of Nature.
- Chapter XXXVIII. A Good Man Speaks.
- Chapter XXXIX. Van Berg's Escape.
- Chapter XL. Van Berg's Conclusions.
- Chapter XLI. The Protestant Confessional.
- Chapter XLII. The Corner-Stone of Character.
- Chapter XLIII. A "Heavenly Mystery."
- Chapter XLIV. "The Garden of Eden."
- Chapter XLV. Problems Beyond Art.
- Chapter XLVI. A Resolute Philosopher.
- Chapter XLVII. The Concert Garden Again.
- Chapter XLVIII. Ida's Temptation.
- Chapter XLIX. The Blind God.
- Chapter L. Swept Away.
- Chapter LI. From Deep Experience.
- Chapter LII. An Illumined Face.
- Chapter LIII. A Night's Vigil.
- Chapter LIV. Life and trust.
- THE END.
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