SLEEPING BEAUTY OF THE DESERT 225 THE ABANDONED CASTLE 227 MARY MAGDALENE 229 DINA OF ENDOR 231 THE HOME OF MAGDALENE 235 JOHN AND MAGDALENE 237 RUTH 240 DARKNESS OVER GALILEE 242 SURPRISE FOR THE PHARISEES 248 COUNCIL OF THE DISCIPLES 251 TURN OF THE TIDE 253 MAGDALENE'S HEROIC PLEA 255 JESUS SPEAKS 261 THE EXODUS 262 WAITING BY THE JORDAN 265 IN COUNCIL AT JERICHO 267 ARRIVAL AT JERUSALEM 270 ADULTERY 272 MAGDALENE PLEADING WITH JESUS 278 AT THE HOME OF MARY AND MARTHA 280 A NAUGHTY MAID 282 LAZARUS RESTORED 285 CONSPIRACY TO MURDER JESUS 287 THE MOB FALL UPON JESUS 292 MAGDALENE BEFORE CAIAPHAS 295 JESUS BEFORE PILATE 300 THE CRUCIFIXION 302 ALONE ON OLIVET 304 MAGDALENE HERSELF AGAIN 307 RUTH COMES TO MEET MAGDALENE 311 JOSEPH'S LAST INTERVIEW 312 MAGDALENE'S LAST NIGHT WITH JOHN 315 LAST GOOD-BYE 321 THE PRICKETT HOME 324 OURSELVES 326 WILLIAM JAMES, OF HARVARD 328 GLADSTONE 335 EVENING OF MY LIFE DAY 340 FIFTY-FOUR MILES' HIKE 342 BACK HOME 348 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE MERRICK A. RICHARDSON i CAMP OF THE STAFFORD PIONEERS 14 ANCIENT CEMETERY OF THE STAFFORD PIONEERS 16 WINNIE RICHARDSON 21 GOOD MORNING, MISS RICHARDSON 23 JIM IN THE WOODS 52 OUR MOUNTAIN HOME 61 CHASING FOR A KISS 76 PRAYER MEETING AT UNCLE SAM'S 80