The Little White Rose-bush 195 XXXV. Jobe Talks of Things that Are Gone 200 XXXVI. Bill Bowers on the Fence 202 XXXVII. Betsy Faints. A Vision 207 XXXVIII. The Parting 211 XXXIX. The Preacher and the Saloonkeeper 216 XL. Them Rooms. The Director of Charities 228 XLI. A Sore Hand 235 XLII. Hattie Moore 244 XLIII. A Family Reunion 249 XLIV. After the Woe, then Comes the Law 256 [Illustration] PART II. I. The Impending Revolution 277 II. The Philosophy of Money 283 III. A Bird’s-eye View of American Financial History 307 IV. The Eight Money Conspiracies 345 V. Financial Authorities 352 VI. Interest and Usury 380 VII. Debt and Slavery 387 VIII. The Laws of Property 393 IX. Direct Legislation 401 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. [Illustration] 1. “That every star was an eye looking down (Frontispiece.) on me with pity.” 2. Character title. PAGE 3. Betsy Gaskins 7 4. Initial T 11 5. Jobe Gaskins 13 6. Initial M 15 7. “We both hankered” 17 8. “I did git him started to readin” 19 9. “That canderdate feller” 20 10. Tailpiece 21 11. “Me a knittin, him a settin and studyin” 23 12. “‘Talkin like them blame Populists’” 26 13. “I waked not until broad daylite” 28 14. “‘Feedin-feedin, of course,’ says he” 29 15. “‘Do you promis?’ says I, girlish like” 30 16. “I sot down, lookin him square in the 31 face” 17. Bill Bowers 32 18. Ornamental tailpiece 37 19. “‘Ide vote the Dimicrat ticket at the 39 very next township election’”