BASIL EVERMAN By Elsie Singmaster BASIL EVERMAN. MARTIN LUTHER. THE STORY OF HIS LIFE. With frontispiece. THE LONG JOURNEY. Frontispiece in color. EMMELINE. Illustrated. KATY GAUMER. Illustrated. GETTYSBURG. Illustrated. WHEN SARAH WENT TO SCHOOL. Illustrated. WHEN SARAH SAVED THE DAY. Illustrated. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON AND NEW YORK BASIL EVERMAN BY ELSIE SINGMASTER [Illustration: Logo] BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY _The Riverside Press Cambridge_ COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY ELSIE SINGMASTER LEWARS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED CONTENTS I. THE SHADOW ON A BRIGHT DAY 1 II. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER 13 III. A WALTONVILLE COMMENCEMENT AND AN INQUISITIVE STRANGER 28 IV. MR. UTTERLY MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF MRS. SCOTT 45 V. MR. UTTERLY CONTINUES HIS SEARCH 54 VI. A NEW PIANO 67 VII. UTTERLY SPENDS A PLEASANT EVENING 83 VIII. UTTERLY IS PUT UPON HIS METTLE 93 IX. MRS. SCOTT'S PARTY 101 X. "MY BROTHER BASIL WAS DIFFERENT!" 119 XI. A DUET AND WHAT CAME OF IT 128 XII. GROWING PAINS 143 XIII. RICHARD WRITES A NOTE 155 XIV. AN ANXIOUS NIGHT 164 XV. EXPLANATIONS 176 XVI. FURTHER EXPLANATIONS 189 XVII. MRS. LISTER TAKES TO HER BED 208 XVIII. MRS. LISTER HAS TWO CALLERS 223 XIX. MRS. LISTER OPENS AN OLD BUREAU 234 XX. BASIL'S ROOM HAS A NEW VISITOR 239 XXI. A QUESTION PUT TO RICHARD 251 XXII. A CONFIDENCE BETRAYED 258 XXIII. A WALTONVILLE DELILAH 267 XXIV. A DEEPENING SHADOW 279 XXV. DR. SCOTT PAYS A CALL 286 XXVI. "LET US BE ENTIRELY FRANK WITH ONE ANOTHER" 293 XXVII. EPILOGUE 302 BASIL EVERMAN CHAPTER I THE SHADOW ON A BRIGHT DAY Richard Lister's mother stood at the head of the stairs and called a little impatiently. She was a large, middle-aged woman who looked older than she was in the black silk dress and bonnet with strings which was the church- and party-going costume of women of her years and time. Middle age had not yet begun to dress in light colors and flowery hats like youth.