To Him That Hath By LEROY SCOTT _Author of "The Walking Delegate"_ New York Doubleday, Page & Company 1907 COPYRIGHT, 1906, 1907, BY LEROY SCOTT COPYRIGHT, 1907, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY PUBLISHED, JULY, 1907 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN TO THOSE WHOM THE WORLD HAS MADE UGLY AND WHOSE UGLINESS THE WORLD CANNOT FORGIVE CONTENTS BOOK I. THE HIGHEST PRICE I. An Injustice of God 1 II. What David Found in Morton's Closet 10 III. The Bargain 29 BOOK II. THE CLOSED ROAD I. David Re-enters the World 45 II. A Call from a Neighbour 56 III. The Superfluous Man 68 IV. An Uninvited Guest 86 V. Guest Turns Host 97 VI. Tom is Seen at Work 107 VII. A New Item in the Bill of Scorn 117 VIII. The World's Denial 123 IX. The Open Road 136 BOOK III. TOWARD THE LIGHT I. The Mayor of Avenue A 152 II. The Saving Ledge 167 III. A Prophecy 174 IV. Puck Masquerades as Cupid 187 V. On the Upward Path 201 VI. John Rogers 214 VII. Hope and Dejection 226 VIII. Rogers Makes an Offer 235 IX. The Mayor and the Inevitable 244 X. A Bad Penny Turns Up 254 XI. A Love that Persevered 262 XII. Mr. Chambers Takes a Hand 273 XIII. The End of the Deal 282 BOOK IV. THE SOUL OF WOMAN I. Helen Gets a New View of Her Father 298 II. David Sees the Face of Fortune 313 III. Helen's Conscience 324 IV. The Ordeal of Kate Morgan 331 V. The Command of Love 343 VI. Another World 350 VII. As Love Apportions 357 VIII. A Partial Release 365 IX. Father and Daughter 377 X. The Beginning of Life 391 PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS DAVID ALDRICH An author ALEXANDER CHAMBERS A king of finance HELEN CHAMBERS His daughter