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THE FOOLISH VIRGIN

By Thomas Dixon




TO GERTRUDE ATHERTON WITH GRATITUDE AND ADMIRATION





CONTENTS


CHAPTER

     I.      A FRIENDLY WARNING
     II.     TEMPTATION
     III.    FATE
     IV.     DOUBTS AND FEARS
     V.      WINGS OF STEEL
     VI.     BESIDE THE SEA
     VII.    A VAIN APPEAL
     VIII.   JIM'S TRIAL
     IX.     ELLA'S SECRET
     X.      THE WEDDING
     XI.     "UNTIL DEATH"
     XII.    THE LOTOS-EATERS
     XIII.   THE REAL MAN
     XIV.    UNWELCOME GUESTS
     XV.     A LITTLE BLACK BAG
     XVI.    THE AWAKENING
     XVII.   THE SURRENDER
     XVIII.  TO THE NEW GOD
     XIX.    NANCE'S STOREHOUSE
     XX.     TRAPPED
     XXI.    THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE
     XXII.   DELIVERANCE
     XXIII.  THE DOCTOR
     XXIV.   THE CALL DIVINE
     XXV.    THE MOTHER
     XXVI.   A SOUL IS BORN
     XXVII.  THE BABY
     XXVIII. WHAT IS LOVE?
     XXIX.   THE NEW MAN




LEADING CHARACTERS OF THE STORY

     MARY ADAMS, An Old-Fashioned Girl.
     JIM ANTHONY, A Modern Youth.
     JANE ANDERSON, An Artist.
     ELLA, A Scrubwoman.
     NANCE OWENS, Jim Anthony's Mother.
     A DO