Fidelia (1924)
by Edwin Balmer
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FIDELIA

FIDELIA

BY
Edwin Balmer

Author of "A Wild Goose Chase," "The Indian Drum," (with Wm. MacHarg), etc.

NEW YORK
Dodd, Mead and Company
1924

Copyright, 1923, 1924
By Edwin Balmer




PRINTED IN U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I New Friends and Foes 3
II David 22
III Alice 39
IV Classes Together 65
V The Sun in the Classroom 79
VI Troubling Questions 85
VII Some Enlightenments 89
VIII The Valley of Titans 95
IX "Mine, Mine!" 106
X The Result of a Reply 115
XI A Bonfire and the Floe 120
XII "No One Else Will Ever Do" 130
XIII The Throne of Saturn 136
XIV The Return from the Throne 144
XV First Consequences 161
XVI The Bridal Camp 186
XVII A Parlor Car to Itanaca 197
XVIII "But and if Ye Suffer" 204
CHAPTER PAGE
XIX Responsible to None 218
XX "Pleasure is the End!" 233
XXI The Tie of the Past 249
XXII The Threat of the Future 256
XXIII How Father Herrick Struck 262
XXIV Saturn Again in the Sky 265
XXV Two Complete Their Purpose 275
XXVI David Stays Away 293
XXVII The Secret of Lakoon 302
XXVIII Illusion and the Truth 317
XXIX Of Use Again 327
XXX "If She Comes Back!" 335
XXXI An End to Pride 345
XXXII Happiness—and Fear 350
XXXIII Her Child 361

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.


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  1. Part 2 actually begins at "Pleasure is the End!", not Responsible to None. (Wikisource contributor note)