Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. [Illustration: "HE MAY GET LOST IN THE STORM."] The Works of E. P. Roe VOLUME FIVE BARRIERS BURNED AWAY ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington COPYRIGHT, 1882 COPYRIGHT, 1885 COPYRIGHT, 1892 COPYRIGHT, 1900, This Book IS REVERENTLY DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY MOTHER PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION I shall say but few words in regard to this first child of my imagination. About one year ago our hearts were in deepest sympathy with our fellow-citizens of Chicago, and it occurred to me that their losses, sufferings, and fortitude might teach lessons after the echoes of the appalling event had died away in the press; and that even the lurid and destructive flames might reveal with greater vividness the need and value of Christian faith. I spent some days among the smouldering ruins, and then began the following simple story, which has grown into larger proportions than I at first intended. But comparatively a small part of the narrative is occupied with the fire, for its scenes are beyond description, and too strange and terrible to be dwelt upon. Therefore the thread of my story is carried rapidly through that period of unparalleled excitement and disaster. Nearly all the scenes introduced are historical, and are employed to give their terrible emphasis to that which is equally true in the serenest and securest times. E. P. R. CONTENTS CHAPTER I LOVE UNKNOWN CHAPTER II LOVE KNOWN CHAPTER III LAUNCHED CHAPTER IV COLD WATER CHAPTER V A HORNET'S NEST CHAPTER VI "STARVE THEN!" CHAPTER VII A GOOD SAMARITAN CHAPTER VIII YAHCOB BUNK CHAPTER IX LAND AT LAST CHAPTER X THE NEW BROOM CHAPTER XI TOO MUCH ALIKE CHAPTER XII BLUE BLOOD CHAPTER XIII VERY COLD CHAPTER XIV SHE SPEAKS TO HIM CHAPTER XV PROMOTED CHAPTER XVI JUST IN TIME CHAPTER XVII RESCUED CHAPTER XVIII MISS LUDOLPH MAKES A DISCOVERY CHAPTER XIX WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH HIM? CHAPTER XX IS HE A GENTLEMAN? CHAPTER XXI CHRISTINE'S IDEA OF CHRISTIANS CHAPTER XXII EQUAL TO AN EMERGENCY CHAPTER XXIII THE REVELATION CHAPTER XXIV NIGHT THOUGHTS CHAPTER XXV DARKNESS CHAPTER XXVI MISS LUDOLPH COMMITS A THEFT CHAPTER XXVII A MISERABLE TRIUMPH CHAPTER XXVIII LIFE WITHOUT LOVE CHAPTER XXIX DENNIS'S LOVE PUT TO PRACTICAL USE CHAPTER XXX THE TWO HEIGHTS CHAPTER XXXI BEGUILED CHAPTER XXXII BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT CHAPTER XXXIII THE TWO PICTURES CHAPTER XXXIV REGRET CHAPTER XXXV REMORSE CHAPTER XXXVI AN APPARITION CHAPTER XXXVII IF HE KNEW! CHAPTER XXXVIII THE GATES OPEN CHAPTER XXXIX SUSIE WlNTHROP APPEARS AGAIN CHAPTER XL SUGGESTIVE PICTURES AND A PRIZE CHAPTER XLI FIRE! FIRE! CHAPTER XLII BARON LUDOLPH LEARNS THE TRUTH CHAPTER XLIII "CHRISTINE, AWAKE! FOR YOUR LIFE!" CHAPTER XLIV ON THE BEACH CHAPTER XLV "PRAYER IS MIGHTY." CHRISTINE A CHRISTIAN