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Two Persons of More Importance, and why they went to the Beach in October; Miss Carlisle Heth, and how she met an Unwelcome Swain at Sea; how this Swain could swim enough for one . . 12

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How Carlisle screamed when the Boat upset, or else did n't, as the Case might be; also of Mrs. Heth, who went down Six Floors to nail Falsehoods, etc 26

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Mr. Hugo Canning, of the well-known Pursuing-Sex; how the Great Young Man pursued Miss Heth to a Summer-House, and what stopped his Thundering Feet 36

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Dialogue between V. Vivian, of the Slums, and Mr, Heth's Daughter {or his Niece); and what the lovely Hun saw in the Mr. Vivian's eyes, just before he asked God to pity her 48

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Of Carlisle's Bewilderment over all the Horrid Talk; of how it was n't her Fault that Gossip was so Unreliable; of the Greatest Game in the World; also, of Mr. Heth, who did n't look like a Shameless Homicide 61

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How the Great Parti, pursued or pursuing to Cousin Willie Kerr's Apartment, begins thundering again 73

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Supper with the Cooneys: Poor Relations, but you must be Nice to them; of Hen Cooney's friend V. V.,as she irritatingly calls him; also relating how Cally is asked for her Forgiveness, and can't seem to think what to say 87

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Concerning an Abandoned Hotel, and who lived there; also of an Abandoned Youth, who lived somewhere else, Far Away; how a Slum Doctor dressed for a Function, such as involved Studs; and how Kern Garland wishted she was a Lady loj

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A Beautiful New Year's Party, and who spoiled it, and how; how Something is done, after all, for she tells the Man plainly that he must n't speak to her any more 120

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In which Mr. Canning must go South for his Health, and Cally lies awake to think 134

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How V. Vivian still felt the Same about the Huns, No Matter what Sam Thought; also how Kern Garland lost Something at the Works, and what made Mr. V. V. look at her That Way . . . 146

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How Life was Gray and Everything was Horrid; how Carlisle went to Little Africa with Hen; how the Man spoke to her again, just the same, and what happened then; further, reporting a Confidential Talk with. a Best Girl-Friend 159

Night-Thoughts on the Hardness of Religious Fellows, compelling you to he Hard, too; Happier Things again, such as Hugo, Europe, Trousseaux, etc.; concluding with a Letter from Texas and a Little Vulgarian in a Red Hat 235

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How it is One Thing to run away from yourself, and another to escape; how Cally orders the Best Cocktails, and gazes at her Mother asleep; also of Jefferson 4127, and why Mamma left the Table in a hurry at the Cafi des Ambassadeurs 249

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In which Jack Dalhousie wears a New Dignity, and the Lame Stranger comes to the House of Heth 266

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That Day at the Beach, as we sit and look back at it; how Hugo journeys to shield his Love from Harm, and Small Beginnings can end with Uproars and a Proverb 278

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One Summer in the Old Hotel; of the World's wagging on, Kern Garland, and Prince Serge Suits; of how Kern leaves the Works for Good and has a Dream about Mr. V. V.'s Beautiful Lady; of how Mr. V. V. came to sit in the Still Watches and think again of Jvhn the Baptist 296

Time's Jests, and now the Perfect Apology, to stand a Lifetime in Brick and Stone; concluding with a Little Scene, which she will remember while she lives 455

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Her Last Day, in this History; how she wakes with a Wonder in her Heart, has her Banqiiet laid at the Board of the Cooneys, dreams back over the Long Strange Year; finally how she learns Something that not Everybody Knows: what it is like at the End of the World 476