XXXI
Philip and Harry at the Boltons'—Philip Seriously Injured—Ruth's First Case of Surgery

CHAPTER XXXII
Laura Becomes a Famous Belle at Washington

CHAPTER XXXIII
Society in Washington—The Antiques, the Parvenus, and the Middle Aristocracy

CHAPTER XXXIV
Grand Scheme For Disposing of the Tennessee Land—Laura and Washington Hawkins Enjoying the Reputation of Being Millionaires

CHAPTER XXXV
About Senators—Their Privileges and Habits

CHAPTER XXXVI
An Hour in a Book Store

CHAPTER XXXVII
Representative Buckstone and Laura's Strategic Coquetry

CHAPTER XXXVIII
Reception Day in Washington—Laura Again Meets Col. Selby and the Effect Upon Her

CHAPTER XXXIX
Col. Selby Visits Laura and Effects a Reconciliation

CHAPTER XL
Col. Sellers' Career in Washington—Laura's Intimacy With Col. Selby is Talked About

CHAPTER XLI
Harry Brierly Becomes Entirely Infatuated With Laura—Declares His Love and Gets Laughed At

CHAPTER XLII
How The Hon Mr Trollop Was Induced to Vote For Laura's Bill

CHAPTER XLIII
Progress of the Bill in the House

CHAPTER XLIV
Philip in Washington—Visits Laura

CHAPTER XLV
The Passage of the Bill in the House of Representatives

CHAPTER XLVI
Disappearance of Laura, and Murder of Col. Selby in New York

CHAPTER XLVII
Laura in the Tombs and Her Visitors

CHAPTER XLVIII
Mr Bolton Says Yes Again—Philip Returns to the Mines

CHAPTER XLIX
The Coal Vein Found and Lost Again—Philip and the Boltons—Elated and Then Cruelly Disappointed 443

CHAPTER L
Philip Visits Fallkill and Proposes Studying Law With Mr Montague—The Squire Invests in the Mine—Ruth Declares Her Love for Philip

CHAPTER LI
Col Sellers Enlightens Washington Hawkins on the Customs of Congress

CHAPTER LII
How Senator Dilworthy Advanced Washington's Interests

CHAPTER LIII
Senator Dilworthy Goes West to See About His Re—election—He Becomes a Shining Light

CHAPTER LIV
The Trial of Laura for Murder

CHAPTER LV
The Trial Continued—Evidence of Harry Brierly

CHAPTER LVI
The Trial Continued—Col Sellers on the Stand and Takes Advantage of the Situation

CHAPTER LVII
The Momentous Day—Startling News—Dilworthy Denounced as a Briber and Defeated—The Bill Lost in the Senate

CHAPTER LVIII
Verdict, Not Guilty !—Laura Free and Receives Propositions to Lecture—Philip back at the Mines

CHAPTER LIX
The Investigation of the Dilworthy Bribery Case and Its Results

CHAPTER LX
Laura Decides on her Course—Attempts to Lecture and Fails—Found Dead in her Chair

CHAPTER LXI
Col Sellers and Washington Hawkins Review the Situation and Leave Washington

CHAPTER LXII
Philip Discouraged—One More Effort—Finds Coal at Last

CHAPTER LXIII
Philip Leaves Ilium to see Ruth—Ruth Convalescent—Alice

APPENDIX

ILLUSTRATIONS

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