CHAPTER I Castles in Spain 3

II Brushing up to go to Topeka 43

III Reforms not easy to Discuss 74

IV A cultured man 92

V Reaching hungry hands toward a symbol 115

VI "Didn't take 'em long" 131

VII Erasing her blackboard 150

VIII Cyclones 174

IX "Against her instincts, against her better judgment, against her will" 195

X Philosophy of Elizabeth's life voiced 210

XI "Wives, submit yourselves unto your husbands, as unto the Lord" 224

XII "Pore little woman" 266

XIII "Ennobled by the reflected story of another's goodness and love" 291

XIV Mortgages of soul 317

XV Hugh Noland 353

XVI Revivifying fires 356

XVII Adjusting domestic to social ideals 372

XVIII The child of her body 399

XIX "Her wages, food and clothing she must accept" 419

XX The cream-jars of her life 426

XXI Bound to the stake 458

XXII "There are some things we have to settle for ourselves" 467

XXIII "At any cost" 496

XXIV Facing consequences 506

XXV "The weight of a dollaree and out of debt don't forget that" 534

XXVI "Was--was my papa here then?" 540

XXVII To do over, and to do better, was the opportunity offered 548

XXVIII "Till death do you part" considered 562

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