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WILD WINGS
A ROMANCE OF YOUTH
BY MARGARET REBECCA PIPER
1921
CONTENTS
I MOSTLY TONY
II WITH ROSALIND IN ARDEN
III A GIRL WHO COULDN'T STOP BEING A PRINCESS
IV A BOY WHO WASN'T AN ASS BUT BEHAVED LIKE ONE
V WHEN YOUTH MEETS YOUTH
VI A SHADOW ON THE PATH
VII DEVELOPMENTS BY MAIL
VIII THE LITTLE LADY WHO FORGOT
IX TEDDY SEIZES THE DAY
X TONY DANCES INTO A DISCOVERY
XI THINGS THAT WERE NOT ALL ON THE CARD
XII AND THERE IS A FLAME
XIII BITTER FRUIT
XIV SHACKLES
XV ON THE EDGE OF THE PRECIPICE
XVI IN WHICH PHIL GETS HIS EYES OPENED
XVII A WEDDING RING IT WAS HARD TO REMEMBER
XVIII A YOUNG MAN IN LOVE
XIX TWO HOLIDAYS MAKE CONFESSION
XX A YOUNG MAN NOT FOR SALE
XXI HARRISON CRESSY REVERTS
XXII THE DUNBURY CURE
XXIII SEPTEMBER CHANGES
XXIV A PAST WHICH DID NOT STAY BURIED
XXV ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE
XXVI THE KALEIDOSCOPE REVOLVES
XXVII TROUBLED WATERS
XXVIII IN DARK PLACES
XXIX THE PEDIGREE OF PEARLS
XXX THE FIERY FURNACE
XXXI THE MOVING FINGER CONTINUES TO WRITE
XXXII DWELLERS IN DREAMS
XXXIII WAITING FOR THE END OF THE STORY
XXXIV IN WHICH TWO MASSEYS MEET IN MEXICO
XXXV GEOFFREY ANNERSLEY ARRIVES
XXXVI THE PAST AND FUTURE MEET
XXXVII ALAN MASSEY LOSES HIMSELF
XXXVIII THE SONG IN THE NIGHT
XXXIX IN WHICH THE TALE ENDS IN THE HOUSE ON THE HILL
CHAPTER I
MOSTLY TONY
Among the voluble, excited, commencement-bound crowd that boarded theNorthampton train at Springfield two male passengers were conspicuous fortheir silence as they sat absorbed in their respective newspapers whicheach had hurriedly purchased in transit from train to train.
A striking enough contrast otherwise, however, the two presented. Theman next the aisle was well past sixty, rotund of abdomen, rubicundof countenance, beetle-browed. He was elaborately well-groomed,almost foppish in attire, and wore the obvious stamp of worldlysuccess, the air of one accustomed to giving orders and seeing themobeyed before his eyes.
His companion and chance seat-mate was young, probably a scant five andtwenty, tall, lean, close-knit of frame with finely chiseled, almostascetic features, though the vigorous chin and generous sized mouthforbade any hint of weakness or effeminacy. His deep-set, clear gray-blueeyes were the eyes of youth; but they would have set a keen observer towondering what they had seen to leave that shadow of unyouthful