Chapter I: Front Matter

ELLEN LEVIS
_A NOVEL_
BY
ELSIE SINGMASTER
_Author of "Katy Gaumer," "Basil Everman," etc._

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
_The Riverside Press Cambridge_
1921

COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY ELSIE SINGMASTER LEWARS
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

The Riverside Press
CAMBRIDGE . MASSACHUSETTS
U . S . A

CONTENTS

I. A FRIEND IN NEED 3

II. ELLEN REFUSES TO HEAR A CALL 15

III. TWO VERSIONS OF THE SAME STORY 22

IV. A SLUMBERING TERROR 32

V. LEVIS SPEAKS HIS MIND 39

VI. STUDYING IN VACATION 48

VII. AN EVENING PILGRIMAGE 54

VIII. MATTHEW MAKES HIS CHOICE 61

IX. A GROWING MIND 73

X. UNEXPECTED GUESTS 83

XI. CHANGE 92

XII. A QUICKENING TERROR 99

XIII. MATTHEW COMES HOME 102

XIV. AMOS VENTURES INTO THE WORLD 108

XV. ELLEN IS OFFERED A WAY OUT 120

XVI. ELLEN SOLVES HER PROBLEM 126

XVII. GOLDSTEIN'S JEWELRY STORE 133

XVIII. A CLOCK RUNS DOWN 141

XIX. FETZER ENGAGES A NEW MAID 150

XX. MASTER AND MISTRESS 156

XXI. A LOST SHEEP 163

XXII. A CRISIS AT HAND 168

XXIII. A STRANGE JOURNEY 178

XXIV. AN UNHAPPY SCHOLAR 184

XXV. A PROJECTED ATONEMENT 187

XXVI. A VISIT TO EPHRATA 196

XXVII. ELLEN'S DREAMS COME TRUE 204

XXVIII. FETZER'S EYE IS OPENED 214

XXIX. GRANDFATHER AND AMOS MAKE DISCOVERIES 217

XXX. FETZER DELIVERS A SERMON 226

XXXI. ELLEN REMEMBERS BROTHER REITH 233

XXXII. GRANDFATHER PLANS A CRIME 237

XXXIII. ELLEN UNDERTAKES TO CONQUER HERSELF 242

XXXIV. A DARK TOWER 246

XXXV. AN UNDELIVERED MESSAGE 257

XXXVI. MATTHEW AND ELLEN 261

XXXVII. A BITTER WAKENING 272

XXXVIII. A QUIET HOUR 280

XXXIX. FETZER CLOSES A DOOR 283

ELLEN LEVIS