PART II

I. THE INTRUDER 144

II. IRIS AND RALPH 157

III. JUSTIN GOES AWAY 168

IV. THE BAR OF DESTINY 177

V. REMORSE 185

VI. HER RESOLVE 190

VII. CONSOLED 195

VIII. CAPTAIN BARTON’S PLAN 201

IX. TO THE RESCUE 206

X. THE SUMMIT 218

XI. WHAT THE FIELD-GLASSES REVEALED 237

XII. HER OFFER 251

XIII. THE GOLDEN ROAD 262

XIV. “HOPE” 270