She Buildeth Her House
By Will Levington Comfort
Author of "Routledge Rides Alone," etc
With a Frontispiece By
Martin Justice
Philadelphia & London
J. B. Lippincott Company
1911
COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
Published May, 1911
PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
PHILADELPHIA, U.S.A.
A BOUGH BROUGHT WITH SINGING
TO THE FEET OF
HER
WHO CROSSED THE SANDS ALONE
IN ADORING PILGRIMAGE
FOR HER SON
HE REACHED THE CURBING OF THE OLD WELL WITH HIS BURDEN
Contents
FIRST CHAPTER.
Paula Encounters the Remarkable Eyes of Her First Giant,and Hearkens to the Second, Thundering Afar-off
SECOND CHAPTER.
Paula Contemplates the Wall of a Hundred Windows, andthe Mysterious Madame Nestor Calls at the Zoroaster
THIRD CHAPTER.
Certain Developing Incidents are Caught Into the Currentof Narrative—also a Supper with Reifferscheid
FOURTH CHAPTER.
Paula Encounters Her Adversary Who Turns Prophet andTells of a Starry Child Soon to be Born
FIFTH CHAPTER.
Paula is Involved in the Furious History of Selma Crossand Writes a Letter to Quentin Charter
SIXTH CHAPTER.
Paula is Called to Parlor "F" of the Maidstone where theBeyond-Devil Awaits with Outstretched Arms
SEVENTH CHAPTER.
Paula Begins to See More Clearly Through MadameNestor's Revelations, and Witnesses a Broadway Accident
EIGHTH CHAPTER.
Paula Makes Several Discoveries in the CharterHeart-Country, and is Delighted by His Letters to the Skylark
NINTH CHAPTER.
Paula is Drawn into the Selma Cross Past and is BravelyWooed Through Further Messages from the West
TENTH CHAPTER.
Paula Sees Selma Cross in Tragedy, and in Her ownApartment Next Morning is Given a Reality to Play
ELEVENTH CHAPTER.
Paula is Swept Deep into a Desolate Country by theHigh Tide, but Notes a Quick Change in Selma Cross
TWELFTH CHAPTER.
Certain Elements for the Charter Crucible, and HisMother's Pilgrimage, Across the Sands Alone to Mecca
THIRTEENTH CHAPTER.
"No Man Can Enter into a Strong Man's House, andSpoil His Goods, Except He Will First Bind the Strong Man"
FOURTEENTH CHAPTER.
The Singing of the Skylark Ceases Abruptly; CharterHastens East to Find a Queer Message at the Granville
FIFTEENTH CHAPTER.
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