Chapter I: Front Matter

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MARGARET CULKIN BANNING

SPELLBINDERS

BY
MARGARET CULKIN BANNING
AUTHOR OF “HALF LOAVES,” “THIS MARRYING,” ETC.

NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1922,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY THE METROPOLITAN PUBLICATIONS, INC.

SPELLBINDERS. II

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TO MY FATHER

WILLIAM E. CULKIN

WHO HAS TAUGHT ME OF POLITICS
AND PHILOSOPHY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I AT THE BROWNLEYS’ 11

II FREDA 30

III ON THE STUMP 36

IV CITY MICE 45

V A HUSBAND 64

VI MARGARET 76

VII AN UGLY GLIMPSE 87

VIII ADVENTURE 97

IX WORK FOR FREDA 108

X THE CLEAN WIND 116

XI NEWSPAPER CUTS 126

XII GREGORY LECTURES 135

XIII LIFE ENTRUSTED 141

XIV WHAT WAS TO BE EXPECTED 152

XV THE CONVENTION 174

XVI MR. SABLE STARTS SOMETHING 188

XVII GAGE FINISHES IT 207

XVIII IN HOSPITAL 220

XIX MENTAL SURGERY 229

XX BARBARA BREAKS LOOSE 243

XXI WALTER’S SOLUTION 259

XXII THE MOURNERS 272

XXIII RESPITE 278

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