THE PURPLE HEIGHTS
BY
MARIE CONWAY OEMLER
Author of "Slippy McGee." "A Woman
Named Smith," etc.
NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1920
To
JOHN NORTON OEMLER
FROM THE LADY
HIS SON USED TO CALL
"MRS. DADDY"
CONTENTS
CHAPTER III. AT GRIPS WITH LIFE
CHAPTER IV. THE SOUL OF BLACK FOLKS
CHAPTER VI. GOOD MORNING, GOOD LUCK!
CHAPTER VII. WHERE THE ROAD DIVIDED
CHAPTER XI. HIS GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE
CHAPTER XII. "NOT BY BREAD ALONE"
CHAPTER XIII. THE BRIGHT SHADOW
CHAPTER XV. "I, TOO, IN ARCADIA"
CHAPTER XVII. THE GUTTER-CANDLE
CHARACTERS
PETER CHAMPNEYS: Of Riverton, South Carolina, and Paris, France.
MARIA CHAMPNEYS: His Mother.
CHADWICK CHAMPNEYS: The God in the Machine.
EMMA CAMPBELL: A Colored Woman.
ANNE CHAMPNEYS, NÉE NANCY SIMMS: Cinderella.
MRS. JOHN HEMINGWAY: Peter's First Teacher.
JOHN HEMINGWAY: An American.
JASON VANDERVELDE: An Attorney at Law.
MRS. JASON VANDERVELDE: Anne's Mentor.
MRS. MACGREGOR: A Disciple of Hannah More.
GLENN MITCHELL: A Bright Shadow.
BERKELEY HAYDEN: The Other Man.
GRACIE: A Gutter-Candle.
DENISE: A Perfume.
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