XXXI.--IN A MARCHING REGIMENT 139 XXXII.--PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OPINION 144 XXXIII.--RAGS AND BONES 149 XXXIV.--UNDER DEADLY FIRE 157 XXXV.--HOW TO FRY NO PANCAKES 161 XXXVI.--LADY COKE UPON LITTLETON 166 XXXVII.--ACHES _v._ ACRES 172 XXXVIII.--IN THE DEADLY BREACH 177 XXXIX.--SHERRY SACK 183 XL.--BENEATH BRIGHT EYES 191 XLI.--DONNAS PRAY AND PRACTISE 195 XLII.--AN UNWELCOME ESCORT 200 XLIII.--IN AMONG THE BIG-WIGS 209 XLIV.--HOW TO TAKE BAD TIDINGS 216 XLV.--INNOCENCE IN NO SENSE 220 XLVI.--HARD RIDING AND HARD READING 226 XLVII.--TRY TO THINK THE BEST OF ME 234 XLVIII.--SOMETHING WORTH KISSING 239 XLIX.--A DANGEROUS COMMISSION 245 L.--STERLING AND STRIKING AFFECTION 250 LI.--EMPTY LOCKERS 259 LII.--BE NO MORE OFFICER OF MINE 264 LIII.--FAREWELL, ALL YOU SPANISH LADIES 268 LIV.--GOING UP THE TREE 275 LV.--THE WOEBURN 281 LVI.--GOING DOWN THE HILL 290 LVII.--THE PLEDGE OF A LIFE 297 LVIII.--A HERO’S RETURN 304 LIX.--THE GRAVE OF THE ASTROLOGER 312 LX.--COURTLY MANNERS 316 LXI.--A SAMPLE FROM KENT 322 LXII.--A FAMILY ARRANGEMENT 327 LXIII.--BETTER THAN THE DOCTORS 332 LXIV.--IMPENDING DARKNESS 335 LXV.--A FINE CHRISTMAS SERMON 341 LXVI.--COMING DOWN IN EARNEST 344 LXVII.--THE LAST CHANCE LOST 348 LXVIII.--THE DEATH-BOURNE 353 LXIX.--BOTTLER BEATS THE ELEMENTS 357 LXX.--OH, HARO! HARO! HARO! 361 LXXI.--AN ARGUMENT REFUTED 367 LXXII.--ON LETHE’S WHARF 370 LXXIII.--POLLY’S DOLL 374 LXXIV.--FROM HADES’ GATES 377 LXXV.--SOMETHING LIKE A LEGACY 380 LXXVI.--SCIENTIFIC SOLUTION 385 LXXVII.--HER HEART IS HIS 387 LXXVIII.--THE LAST WORD COMES FROM BONNY 390 ALICE LORRAINE. CHAPTER I. ALL IN THE DOWNS.