Chapter I: Front Matter

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FROM THE CAR BEHIND

Second Edition

FROM THE CAR BEHIND

by

ELEANOR M. INGRAM

Author of "The Flying Mercury," "The Game or the Candle," Etc.

With Illustrations in Color by James Montgomery Flagg

Philadelphia & London J. B. Lippincott Company 1912

Copyright, 1911, by J. B. Lippincott Company Copyright, 1912, by J. B. Lippincott Company

Published, February, 1912 Published, February 15, 1912 Second Printing February 20, 1912

Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company At the Washington Square Press Philadelphia, U.S.A.

To My Dear
and
Gracious Mother

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Kid Amateur 11
II. Corrie and his Other Fellow 25
III. The Household of Roses 42
IV. Isabel 73
V. The Vase of Al-Mansor 91
VI. Wreck 117
VII. "The Greatest of These" 137
VIII. Aftermath 152
IX. The House at the Turn 162
X. Sentence of Error 171
XI. Gerard's Man 188
XII. The Making Good 201
XIII. The Titan's Driver 212
XIV. Val de Rosas 233
XV. The Strength of Ten 250
XVI. The White Road of Honor 267
XVII. The End of the Road 300

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
The People Burst Out Over the Course and Overwhelmed
the Victors _Frontispiece_

Giddy, She Willingly Suffered His Support, then
Drew Back, Her Color Returning Vividly 14

"Wipe It Off," She Requested Resignedly, "Wipe
It Off and Never Tell" 78