Produced by Al Haines [Frontispiece: Her lips trembled, but she spoke in a clear undertone, audible only to him, which faltered the merest trifle (Page 316.)] THE LONG LANE'S TURNING BY HALLIE ERMINIE RIVES (Mrs. Post Wheeler) Author of "Satan Sanderson" "Hearts Courageous," "The Valiants of Virginia," etc. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY FRANCES ROGERS NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 1917 Copyright, 1916, 1917 By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc. as "The Heart of a Man" Copyright, 1917 By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc. CONTENTS CHAPTER I THE COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENCE II A MAN AND A WOMAN III THE AWAKENING IV THE PRODIGAL V THE UNLAID GHOST VI THE JUDGE SITS IN THE LAMPLIGHT VII ARROWS OF DESIRE VIII THE THRUST IX THE TURN OF THE LONG LANE X AFTER A YEAR XI CRAIG FINDS HIS WEAPON XII A HOSTAGE TO THE BOTTLE XIII THE HEART OF A MAN XIV THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL XV THE ONLY WAY XVI DERELICT XVII LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT XVIII THE PRICE XIX PADDY THE BRICK INTERVENES XX WHAT MATTERED MOST XXI CRAIG'S WAY XXII HARRY DECIDES XXIII THE BROKEN PICTURE XXIV THE WOMAN WHO KNEW XXV ON TRIAL XXVI THE HAUNTER OF THE SHADOW XXVII THE END OF THE JOURNEY XXVIII THE MAN IN THE WHEELED CHAIR XXIX THE LONE BATTLE XXX THE GIPSY RING XXXI AMBUSH XXXII THE COMING OF JOHN STARK XXXIII THE UNDERSTUDY XXXIV THE CRUCIBLE XXXV SANCTUARY XXXVI JUBILEE JIM'S JOURNEY XXXVII THE CALL XXXVIII THE CHALLENGE XXXIX THE JAILBIRD XL GENTLEMEN ALL XLI DARK DAYS XLII THE MENDED ROAD XLIII THE PITFALL XLIV THE LIGHTED FUSE XLV THE CHASM XLVI CRAIG STRIKES XLVII WITH HIS BACK TO THE WALL XLVIII THE HEART OF A WOMAN XLIX THE GOVERNOR TAKES A HAND L REVELATION ILLUSTRATIONS Her lips trembled, but she spoke in a clear undertone, audible only to him, which faltered the merest trifle. (Page 316) . . . _Frontispiece_ "I have answered you," she replied, "once and for all. You will please consider it final" He turned his head and saw the figure in the doorway. "Echo!" he cried and rose to his feet All at once the hound flung up his great head with a low howl, then, crouching, licked the nerveless hand that hung down THE LONG LANE'S TURNING CHAPTER I THE COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENCE