She Buildeth Her House   By: Will Levington Comfort (1878-1932)

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

[Illustration: 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, AND THE MYSTERIOUS MADAME NESTOR CALLS AT THE ZOROASTER

THIRD CHAPTER. CERTAIN DEVELOPING INCIDENTS ARE CAUGHT INTO THE CURRENT OF NARRATIVE ALSO A SUPPER WITH REIFFERSCHEID

FOURTH CHAPTER. PAULA ENCOUNTERS HER ADVERSARY WHO TURNS PROPHET AND TELLS OF A STARRY CHILD SOON TO BE BORN

FIFTH CHAPTER. PAULA IS INVOLVED IN THE FURIOUS HISTORY OF SELMA CROSS AND WRITES A LETTER TO QUENTIN CHARTER

SIXTH CHAPTER. PAULA IS CALLED TO PARLOR "F" OF THE MAIDSTONE WHERE THE BEYOND DEVIL AWAITS WITH OUTSTRETCHED ARMS

SEVENTH CHAPTER. PAULA BEGINS TO SEE MORE CLEARLY THROUGH MADAME NESTOR'S REVELATIONS, AND WITNESSES A BROADWAY ACCIDENT

EIGHTH CHAPTER. PAULA MAKES SEVERAL DISCOVERIES IN THE CHARTER HEART COUNTRY, AND IS DELIGHTED BY HIS LETTERS TO THE SKYLARK

NINTH CHAPTER. PAULA IS DRAWN INTO THE SELMA CROSS PAST AND IS BRAVELY WOOED THROUGH FURTHER MESSAGES FROM THE WEST

TENTH CHAPTER. PAULA SEES SELMA CROSS IN TRAGEDY, AND IN HER OWN APARTMENT NEXT MORNING IS GIVEN A REALITY TO PLAY

ELEVENTH CHAPTER. PAULA IS SWEPT DEEP INTO A DESOLATE COUNTRY BY THE HIGH TIDE, BUT NOTES A QUICK CHANGE IN SELMA CROSS

TWELFTH CHAPTER. CERTAIN ELEMENTS FOR THE CHARTER CRUCIBLE, AND HIS MOTHER'S PILGRIMAGE, ACROSS THE SANDS ALONE TO MECCA

THIRTEENTH CHAPTER. "NO MAN CAN ENTER INTO A STRONG MAN'S HOUSE, AND SPOIL HIS GOODS, EXCEPT HE WILL FIRST BIND THE STRONG MAN"

FOURTEENTH CHAPTER. THE SINGING OF THE SKYLARK CEASES ABRUPTLY; CHARTER HASTENS EAST TO FIND A QUEER MESSAGE AT THE GRANVILLE

FIFTEENTH CHAPTER. QUENTIN CHARTER AND SELMA CROSS JOIN ISSUE ON A NEW BATTLE GROUND, EACH LEAVING THE FIELD WITH OPEN WOUNDS

SIXTEENTH CHAPTER. PAULA, FINDING THAT BOTH GIANTS HAVE ENTERED HER CASTLE, RUSHES IN TUMULT INTO THE NIGHT

SEVENTEENTH CHAPTER. PAULA SAILS INTO THE SOUTH, SEEKING THE HOLY MAN OF SAINT PIERRE, WHERE LA MONTAGNE PELÉE GIVES WARNING

EIGHTEENTH CHAPTER. PAULA IS INVOLVED IN THE RENDING FORTUNES OF SAINT PIERRE AND THE PANTHER CALLS WITH NEW YORK MAIL

NINETEENTH CHAPTER. QUENTIN CHARTER IS ATTRACTED BY THE TRAVAIL OF PELÉE, AND ENCOUNTERS A QUEER FELLOW VOYAGER

TWENTIETH CHAPTER. CHARTER'S MIND BECOMES THE ARENA OF CONFLICT BETWEEN THE WYNDAM WOMAN AND SKYLARK MEMORIES

TWENTY FIRST CHAPTER. CHARTER COMMUNES WITH THE WYNDAM WOMAN, AND CONFESSES THE GREAT TROUBLE OF HIS HEART TO FATHER FONTANEL

TWENTY SECOND CHAPTER. CHARTER MAKES A PILGRIMAGE TO THE CRATERS OF PELÉE ONE LAST DAY DEVOTED TO THE SPIRIT OF OLD LETTERS

TWENTY THIRD CHAPTER. CHARTER AND STOCK ARE CALLED TO THE PRIEST'S HOUSE IN THE NIGHT, AND THE WYNDAM WOMAN STAYS AT THE PALMS

TWENTY FOURTH CHAPTER. HAVING TO DO ESPECIALLY WITH THE MORNING OF THE ASCENSION, WHEN THE MONSTER, PELÉE, GIVES BIRTH TO DEATH

TWENTY FIFTH CHAPTER. THE SARAGOSSA ENCOUNTERS THE RAGING FIRE MISTS FROM PELÉE EIGHT MILES AT SEA, BUT LIVES TO SEND A BOAT ASHORE

TWENTY SIXTH CHAPTER. PAULA AND CHARTER IN SEVERAL SETTINGS FEEL THE ENERGY OF THE GREAT GOOD THAT DRIVES THE WORLD

TWENTY SEVENTH CHAPTER. PAULA AND CHARTER JOURNEY INTO THE WEST; ONE HEARS VOICES, BUT NOT THE WORDS OFTEN, FROM RAPTURE'S ROADWAY

She Buildeth Her House

FIRST CHAPTER

PAULA ENCOUNTERS THE REMARKABLE EYES OF HER FIRST GIANT, AND HEARKENS TO THE SECOND, THUNDERING AFAR OFF