E-text prepared by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) _Price, $2.00._ THE RIGHT KNOCK A Story by HELEN VAN-ANDERSON Author of "It Is Possible," "The Story of Teddy," "The Journal of a Live Woman," etc., etc. "Go to your bosom; Knock there; and ask your heart, what it doth know" --SHAKESPEARE. _THIRTEENTH EDITION_ Published by _The New York Magazine of Mysteries_ 22 North William Street, New York City Copyright, 1889, by Helen Van-Anderson All rights reserved THE RIGHT KNOCK Copyright, 1903, by The New York Magazine of Mysteries All rights reserved CONTENTS. CHAPTER. PAGE. I. MRS. HAYDEN, 9 II. THE GIRLS AT HOME, 17 III. A FIRE AND A RETROSPECT, 25 IV. BEGINNINGS, 30 V. THE OLD DOUBTS AGAIN, 36 VI. TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, 44 VII. A NEW HOPE, 59 VIII. WHAT THE WORLD SAID, 63 IX. A STRUGGLE WITH SELF, 70 X. HINTS OF HELP, 79 XI. LEAVING HOME, 83 XII. MRS. PEARL'S LECTURE, 90 XIII. THE TRUE FOUNDATION, 95 XIV. QUESTIONINGS, 104 XV. WHAT IS NOT TRUE, 112 XVI. STUDYING AND PROVING, 125 XVII. WHAT IS TRUE, 131 XVIII. IT MUST BE SO, 141 XIX. THE SPIRITUAL BIRTH, 151 XX. TANGLES AND TALKS, 162 XXI. INSPIRATION AND THE BIBLE, 172 XXII. A CHURCH COMMITTEE, 184 XXIII. PRAYER, 192 XXIV. EVERY-DAY PRACTICE, 202 XXV. UNDERSTANDING, 211 XXVI. A NEW PROBLEM, 222 XXVII. UNDERCURRENTS, 228 XXVIII. THE POWER OF THOUGHT, 234 XXIX. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING, 243 XXX. PRACTICAL APPLICATION, 249 XXXI. CONFIDENCES, 257 XXXII. PRACTICAL APPLICATION, 262 XXXIII. GRACE, 274 XXXIV. PRACTICAL APPLICATION, 281 XXXV. PRACTICAL APPLICATION, 291