NOBODY'S CHILD

By ELIZABETH DEJEANS

Author of The Tiger's Coat, etc.

FRONTISPIECE BY
ARTHUR I. KELLER

INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright 1918
The Bobbs-Merrill Company

PRESS OF
BRAUNWORTH & CO.
BOOK MANUFACTURERS
BROOKLYN, N. Y.

CONTENTS

I Ann
II Three Men and a Girl
III Penniman and Westmore
IV But If He Failed Her?
V In Colonial Fashion
VI Baird Reconnoiters
VII The Westmores of Westmore
VIII The Colonel Is Suspicious
IX A Feminine Procedure
X The Infinitely Painful Thing
XI Kept in the Dark
XII A Vendetta
XIII Ineradicably Branded
XIV The Misfits
XV As with a Child
XVI "It Was Born in Her"
XVII Complexities
XVIII "You're All I Have"
XIX A Bargain
XX Marry? Yes
XXI A Lot of Planning
XXII Impressions
XXIII Chaotic Uncertainty
XXIV A Definition of Love
XXV Because She Loved Too Much
XXVI The Eternal Attraction
XXVII The Thing
XXVIII The Hell-Hole of the Westmores
XXIX "What's Not Known"
XXX Content
XXXI The Family Name
XXXII The Death-Trap
XXXIII From Despair To Hope
XXXIV Ben Brokaw Explains
XXXV Waiting
XXXVI "It Lies with Ann"
XXXVII Cold Cash