WESTOVER OF WANALAH GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON WESTOVER OF WANALAH _A Story of Love and Life in Old Virginia_ [Illustration: Her rescuer knew not whether she lived.--_Page 8._] WESTOVER OF WANALAH A STORY OF LOVE AND LIFE IN OLD VIRGINIA BY GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON _ILLUSTRATED BY EMIL POLLAK OTTENDORFF_ BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. Published, August, 1910 Copyright, 1910, By Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. _All rights reserved_ WESTOVER OF WANALAH Norwood Press Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U. S. A. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. Peril and Passion 1 II. A Song without Words 14 III. The Best Laid Plans 31 IV. A Woman's Word 27 V. Pleasant Dreams and an Ugly Awakening 40 VI. Out of a Clear Sky 50 VII. In the Valley of the Shadow 63 VIII. The Shadows Fall 72 IX. The Courage of Womanhood 83 X. The Packet of Papers 88 XI. The Events of a Morning 99 XII. After the Storm 117 XIII. "Aunt Betsy" Takes the Helm 130 XIV. Westover at Wanalah 138 XV. Up at Judy's 152 XVI. Judy Peters's Diagnosis 161 XVII. Judy Informs Herself and Makes Plans 171 XVIII. Judy Plans a Campaign 184 XIX. The Beginning of a Campaign 199 XX. The Satisfaction of W. W. Webb 212 XXI. Flags Flying 227 XXII. An Unmistakable Cure 239 XXIII. Court Day 254 XXIV. A Perfect Woman--and a Man 266 XXV. The Great Renunciation 279 XXVI. Moonlight Resolutions 308 XXVII. The Philosophy of Jack Towns 316 XXVIII. The Events of a Day 330 XXIX. The Work of a Wild Wind 341 XXX. What Had Happened at The Oaks 359 XXXI. A Sunset Interview 372 XXXII. What Happened at Fighting Creek 388 XXXIII. Conspiracies 396 XXXIV. Judy's Plans of Campaign 413 XXXV. A Mountain Top Revelation 425 XXXVI. The Meeting at The Oaks 433 ILLUSTRATIONS Her rescuer knew not whether she lived (Page 8) _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE "Now come out here, Boyd" 162 With the first onset of the wind 342 "It will be better, I think, to accept my decision as final" 366