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THE CALLING OF DAN MATTHEWS

BY

HAROLD BELL WRIGHT

1909

AUTHOR OF

"THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS"

"THAT PRINTER OF UDELL'S"


_With Illustrations by_

ARTHUR I. KELLER







TO

WILLIAM WILLIAMS, M.D.




CONTENTS

      I. THE HOME OF THE ALLY

     II. A REVELATION

    III. A GREAT DAY IN CORINTH

     IV. WHO ARE THEY?

      V. HOPE FARWELL'S MINISTRY

     VI. THE CALLING OF DAN MATTHEWS

    VII. FROM DEBORAH'S PORCH

   VIII. THE WORK OF THE ALLY

     IX. THE EDGE OF THE BATTLEFIELD

      X. A MATTER OF OPINION

     XI. REFLECTIONS

    XII. THE NURSE FORGETS

   XIII. DR. HARRY'S CASE

    XIV. THAT GIRL OF CONNER'S

     XV. THE MINISTER'S OPPORTUNITY

    XVI. DAN SEES THE OTHER SIDE

   XVII. THE TRAGEDY

  XVIII. TO SAVE A LIFE

    XIX. ON FISHING

     XX. COMMON GROUND

    XXI. THE WARNING

   XXII. AS DR. HARRY SEES IT

  XXIII. A PARABLE

   XXIV. THE WAY OUT

    XXV. A LABORER AND HIS HIRE

   XXVI. THE WINTER PASSES

  XXVII. DEBORAH'S TROUBLE

 XXVIII. A FISHERMAN

   XXIX. A MATTER OF BUSINESS

    XXX. THE DAUGHT