ELLEN LEVIS _A NOVEL_ BY ELSIE SINGMASTER _Author of "Katy Gaumer," "Basil Everman," etc._ [Illustration] BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY _The Riverside Press Cambridge_ 1921 COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY ELSIE SINGMASTER LEWARS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The Riverside Press CAMBRIDGE . MASSACHUSETTS U . S . A CONTENTS I. A FRIEND IN NEED 3 II. ELLEN REFUSES TO HEAR A CALL 15 III. TWO VERSIONS OF THE SAME STORY 22 IV. A SLUMBERING TERROR 32 V. LEVIS SPEAKS HIS MIND 39 VI. STUDYING IN VACATION 48 VII. AN EVENING PILGRIMAGE 54 VIII. MATTHEW MAKES HIS CHOICE 61 IX. A GROWING MIND 73 X. UNEXPECTED GUESTS 83 XI. CHANGE 92 XII. A QUICKENING TERROR 99 XIII. MATTHEW COMES HOME 102 XIV. AMOS VENTURES INTO THE WORLD 108 XV. ELLEN IS OFFERED A WAY OUT 120 XVI. ELLEN SOLVES HER PROBLEM 126 XVII. GOLDSTEIN'S JEWELRY STORE 133 XVIII. A CLOCK RUNS DOWN 141 XIX. FETZER ENGAGES A NEW MAID 150 XX. MASTER AND MISTRESS 156 XXI. A LOST SHEEP 163 XXII. A CRISIS AT HAND 168 XXIII. A STRANGE JOURNEY 178 XXIV. AN UNHAPPY SCHOLAR 184 XXV. A PROJECTED ATONEMENT 187 XXVI. A VISIT TO EPHRATA 196 XXVII. ELLEN'S DREAMS COME TRUE 204 XXVIII. FETZER'S EYE IS OPENED 214 XXIX. GRANDFATHER AND AMOS MAKE DISCOVERIES 217 XXX. FETZER DELIVERS A SERMON 226 XXXI. ELLEN REMEMBERS BROTHER REITH 233 XXXII. GRANDFATHER PLANS A CRIME 237 XXXIII. ELLEN UNDERTAKES TO CONQUER HERSELF 242 XXXIV. A DARK TOWER 246 XXXV. AN UNDELIVERED MESSAGE 257 XXXVI. MATTHEW AND ELLEN 261 XXXVII. A BITTER WAKENING 272 XXXVIII. A QUIET HOUR 280 XXXIX. FETZER CLOSES A DOOR 283 ELLEN LEVIS CHAPTER I A FRIEND IN NEED