Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE WIND BEFORE THE DAWN [Illustration: "THE GIRL ALSO KNELT AT HIS SIDE RENDERING SUCH ASSISTANCE AS WAS IN HER POWER"] THE WIND BEFORE THE DAWN BY DELL H. MUNGER A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers--New York Copyright, 1912, by Doubleday, Page & Company All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian CONTENTS CHAPTER I Castles in Spain 3 II Brushing up to go to Topeka 43 III Reforms not easy to Discuss 74 IV A cultured man 92 V Reaching hungry hands toward a symbol 115 VI "Didn't take 'em long" 131 VII Erasing her blackboard 150 VIII Cyclones 174 IX "Against her instincts, against her better judgment, against her will" 195 X Philosophy of Elizabeth's life voiced 210 XI "Wives, submit yourselves unto your husbands, as unto the Lord" 224 XII "Pore little woman" 266 XIII "Ennobled by the reflected story of another's goodness and love" 291 XIV Mortgages of soul 317 XV Hugh Noland 353 XVI Revivifying fires 356 XVII Adjusting domestic to social ideals 372 XVIII The child of her body 399 XIX "Her wages, food and clothing she must accept" 419 XX The cream-jars of her life 426 XXI Bound to the stake 458 XXII "There are some things we have to settle for ourselves" 467 XXIII "At any cost" 496 XXIV Facing consequences 506 XXV "The weight of a dollaree and out of debt don't forget that" 534 XXVI "Was--was my papa here then?" 540 XXVII To do over, and to do better, was the opportunity offered 548 XXVIII "Till death do you part" considered 562 THE WIND BEFORE THE DAWN CHAPTER I CASTLES IN SPAIN