CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. IN THE DAYS OF CHILDHOOD
CHAPTER II. ELEVEN YEARS PASS
CHAPTER III. CARNAC’S RETURN
CHAPTER IV. THE HOUSE ON THE HILL
CHAPTER V. CARNAC AS MANAGER
CHAPTER VI. LUKE TARBOE HAS AN OFFER
CHAPTER VII. "AT OUR PRICE?”
CHAPTER VIII. JOHN GRIER MAKES ANOTHER OFFER
CHAPTER IX. THE PUZZLE
CHAPTER X. DENZIL TELLS HIS STORY
CHAPTER XI. CARNAC’S TALK WITH HIS MOTHER
CHAPTER XII. CARNAC SAYS GOOD-BYE
CHAPTER XIII. CARNAC’S RETURN
CHAPTER XIV. THE HOUSE OF THE THREE TREES
CHAPTER XV. CARNAC AND JUNIA
CHAPTER XVI. JOHN GRIER MAKES A JOURNEY
CHAPTER XVII. THE READING OF THE WILL
CHAPTER XVIII. A GREAT DECISION
CHAPTER XIX. CARNAC BECOMES A CANDIDATE
CHAPTER XX. JUNIA AND TARBOE HEAR THE NEWS
CHAPTER XXI. THE SECRET MEETING
CHAPTER XXII. POINT TO POINT
CHAPTER XXIII. THE MAN WHO WOULD NOT
CHAPTER XXIV. THE BLUE PAPER
CHAPTER XXV. DENZIL TAKES A HAND IN THE GAME
CHAPTER XXVI. THE CHALLENGE
CHAPTER XXVII. EXIT
CHAPTER XXVIII. A WOMAN WRITES A LETTER
CHAPTER XXIX. CARNAC AND HIS MOTHER
CHAPTER XXX. TARBOE HAS A DREAM
CHAPTER XXXI. THIS WAY HOME
CHAPTER XXXII. "HALVES, PARDNER, HALVES”
“Carnac! Carnac! Come and catch me, Carnac!” It was a day of perfect summer and hope and happiness in the sweet, wild world behind the near woods and the far circle of sky and pine and hemlock. The voice that called was young and vibrant, and had in i