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To Him That Hath
By LEROY SCOTT
_Author of "The Walking Delegate"_
New York Doubleday, Page & Company 1907
COPYRIGHT, 1906, 1907, BY LEROY SCOTT COPYRIGHT, 1907, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY PUBLISHED, JULY, 1907
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
TO THOSE WHOM THE WORLD HAS MADE UGLY AND WHOSE UGLINESS THE WORLD CANNOT FORGIVE
CONTENTS
BOOK I. THE HIGHEST PRICE
I. An Injustice of God 1
II. What David Found in Morton's Closet 10
III. The Bargain 29
BOOK II. THE CLOSED ROAD
I. David Re-enters the World 45
II. A Call from a Neighbour 56
III. The Superfluous Man 68
IV. An Uninvited Guest 86
V. Guest Turns Host 97
VI. Tom is Seen at Work 107
VII. A New Item in the Bill of Scorn 117
VIII. The World's Denial 123
IX. The Open Road 136
BOOK III. TOWARD THE LIGHT
I. The Mayor of Avenue A 152
II. The Saving Ledge 167
III. A Prophecy 174
IV. Puck Masquerades as Cupid 187
V. On the Upward Path 201
VI. John Rogers 214
VII. Hope and Dejection 226
VIII. Rogers Makes an Offer 235
IX. The Mayor and the Inevitable 244
X. A Bad Penny Turns Up 254
XI. A Love that Persevered 262
XII. Mr. Chambers Takes a Hand 273
XIII. The End of the Deal 282
BOOK IV. THE SOUL OF WOMAN
I. Helen Gets a New View of Her Father 298
II. David Sees the Face of Fortune 313
III. Helen's Conscience 324
IV. The Ordeal of Kate Morgan 331
V. The Command of Love 343
VI. Another World 350
VII. As Love Apportions 357
VIII. A Partial Release 365
IX. Father and Daughter 377
X. The Beginning of Life 391
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
DAVID ALDRICH An author
ALEXANDER CHAMBERS A king of finance
HELEN CHAMBERS His daughter
HENRY ALLEN A lawyer with a political future
CARL HOFFMAN The Mayor of Avenue A
CARRIE BECKER An admirer of the Mayor
WILLIAM OSBORNE A publisher
REV. JOSEPH FRANKLIN Director of St. Christopher's Mission
REV. PHILIP MORTON Dead, but a living memory
JOHN ROGERS A real estate agent
KATE MORGAN A nurse-maid
JIMMIE MORGAN Her father
TOM (last name uncertain) Whose parents were the street
LILLIAN DREW Of the sisterhood of Magdalene
BOOK I
THE HIGHEST PRICE