Chapter I: Introduction: 5

I. --THE PROBLEM OF FREETOWN 7

II. --JUDGE VERNON'S TROUBLE 14

III. --HOWARD DOUGLASS'S PLAN 21

IV. --THE CARLTONS' TROUBLE 28

V. --CALLERS AT MR. DOUGLASS'S 35

VI. --SOME MOMENTOUS DECISIONS 42

VII. --THE FREETOWN SETTLEMENT STARTED 50

VIII. --FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER 57

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Escape 12

Claude Vernon's Return 19

"Have you heard the news?" 26

Inez Comes Home 31

Winifred and Isabel 36

"Will you live there yourself?" 44

"Burke Williams's case has been called
up to a higher court" 51

"As he reached the corner, he stopped
and looked back" 63

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