Chapter I: Front Matter

A Modern Madonna

A Modern Madonna

By

Caroline Abbot Stanley

Author Of "Order No. 11"

New York
Grosset & Dunlap
Publishers
1906

TO THE FRAGRANT MEMORY
OF A SWEET YOUNG MOTHER WHO FACED DEATH
IN THE BATTLE OF MATERNITY--
AND LOST

Contents

I. The Woman 3

II. The Elder Brother 8

III. Mrs. Pennybacker of Missouri 15

IV. The Thorn Road 27

V. "A White Life for Two" 36

VI. A Friend in Need 42

VII. Tried as by Fire 51

VIII. A New Rôle for Richard 57

IX. The Reaping of the Crop 64

X. "Dust to Dust" 70

XI. The Will 75

XII. A Losing Fight 88

XIII. The Wolf Blood 95

XIV. Mammy Cely's Story 105

XV. Instinct Triumphs 114

XVI. In the "North Countree" 122

XVII. We-que-ton-sing 135

XVIII. The Trail of the Serpent 143

XIX. The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 152

XX. Self-chaperoned 162

XXI. In the Toils 173

XXII. At Bay 187

XXIII. Mothers and Foster-mothers 195

XXIV. The Man Who Won 202

XXV. The Madonna Picture 212

XXVI. Face to Face 229

XXVII. At Elmhurst 237

XXVIII. Hearts and Skins 248

XXIX. "Inasmuch--" 259

XXX. "Not Wisely but Too Well" 267

XXXI. A Woman's Crusade 278

XXXII. Margaret Enlists 291

XXXIII. A Long Pull and a Strong Pull 300

XXXIV. Rescue Work 308

XXXV. Mrs. Pennybacker Talks 316

XXXVI. Margaret's Resolve 328

XXXVII. The Red Paper 335

XXXVIII. The Mother Comes to Her Own 342

XXXIX. Shoulder to Shoulder 351

XL. The Unexpected Happens 357

XLI. Under the Wistaria 369

XLII. The Confessional 381

XLIII. In the Library Once More 390

XLIV. As Aforetime 400