BOOK FIVE.

I. PUBLIC OPINION 257

II. A MESSAGE FROM THE GODS 261

III. HOW ILLS OF STATE BECOME ILLS OF SOCIETY 267

IV. ENNUYÉ IN THE OLD PALACE 275

V. ALVARADO FINDS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD 282

VI. THE IRON CROSS 291

VII. THE CHRISTIANS IN THE TOILS 299

VIII. THE IRON CROSS COMES BACK TO ITS GIVER 306

IX. TRULY WONDERFUL--A FORTUNATE MAN HATH A MEMORY 315

X. HOW THE IRON CROSS CAME BACK 317

XI. THE CHRISTIAN TAKES CARE OF HIS OWN 325