Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net ONE WOMAN'S LIFE BY ROBERT HERRICK AUTHOR OF "TOGETHER," "THE HEALER," ETC. New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1913 Set up and electrotyped. Published February, 1913. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. CONTENTS PART I THE WEST SIDE I. The New Home II. A Victory for Milly III. Milly goes to Church IV. Milly completes her Education V. Milly Experiments VI. Milly Learns VII. Milly sees More of the World VIII. Milly's Campaign IX. Achievements PART II GETTING MARRIED I. The Great Outside II. Milly Entertains III. Milly becomes Engaged IV. Congratulations V. The Crash VI. The Depths VII. Milly tries to Pay VIII. Milly renews her Prospects IX. Milly in Love X. Milly Marries PART III ASPIRATIONS I. The New Home II. A Funeral and a Surprise III. On Board Ship IV. Being an Artist's Wife V. Women's Talk VI. The Child VII. Beside the Resounding Sea VIII. The Picture IX. The Pardon X. The Painted Face XI. Crisis XII. "Come Home" PART IV REALITIES I. Home once More II. "Bunker's" III. More of "Bunker's" IV. The Head of the House V. A Shock VI. The Secret VII. Being a Widow VIII. The Woman's World IX. The New Woman X. Milly's New Marriage PART V THE CAKE SHOP I. "Number 236" II. At Last, the Real Right Scheme III. Chicago Again IV. Going into Business V. Milly's Second Triumph VI. Coming Down VII. Capitulations VIII. The Sunshine Special PART ONE THE WEST SIDE I THE NEW HOME "Is _that_ the house!" Milly Ridge exclaimed disapprovingly. Her father, a little man, with one knee bent against the unyielding, newly varnished front door, glanced up apprehensively at the figures painted on the glass transom above. In that block of little houses, all exactly alike, he might easily have made a mistake. Reassured he murmured over his shoulder,--"Yes--212--that's right!" and he turned the key again.