CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I THE MAKERS OF MAPS
II BY SPECIAL DESPATCH
III IN ARGUMENT
IV THE BARONESS HELENA
V ONE OF THE WOMEN IN THE CASE
VI THE BOUDOIR OF THE BARONESS
VII REGARDING ELISABETH
VIII MR. CALHOUN ACCEPTS
IX A KETTLE OF FISH
X MIXED DUTIES
XI WHO GIVETH THIS WOMAN
XII THE MARATHON
XIII ON SECRET SERVICE
XIV THE OTHER WOMAN
XV WITH MADAM THE BARONESS
XVI DÉJEÛNER A LA FOURCHETTE
XVII A HUNTER OF BUTTERFLIES
XVIII THE MISSING SLIPPER
XIX THE GENTLEMAN FROM TENNESSEE
XX THE LADY FROM MEXICO
XXI POLITICS UNDER COVER
XXII BUT YET A WOMAN
XXIII SUCCESS IN SILK
XXIV THE WHOA-HAW TRAIL
XXV OREGON
XXVI THE DEBATED COUNTRY
XXVII IN THE CABIN OF MADAM
XXVIII WHEN A WOMAN WOULD
XXIX IN EXCHANGE
XXX COUNTER CURRENTS
XXXI THE PAYMENT
XXXII PAKENHAM'S PRICE
XXXIII THE STORY OF HELENA VON RITZ
XXXIV THE VICTORY
XXXV THE PROXY OF PAKENHAM
XXXVI THE PALO ALTO BALL
EPILOGUE
CHAPTER I
THE MAKERS OF MAPS
There is scarcely a single cause in which a woman is not engaged in
some way fomenting the suit.--_Juvenal_.
"Then you offer me no hope, Doctor?" The gray mane of Doctor Samuel Ward
waved like a fighting crest as he made answer:
"Not the sort of hope you ask." A moment later he added: "John, I am
ashamed of you."
