To Him That Hath

by Leroy Scott

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  To Him That Hath

  By LEROY SCOTT

  _Author of "The Walking Delegate"_

  New York Doubleday, Page & Company 1907

  COPYRIGHT, 1906, 1907, BY LEROY SCOTT COPYRIGHT, 1907, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY PUBLISHED, JULY, 1907

  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN

  TO THOSE WHOM THE WORLD HAS MADE UGLY AND WHOSE UGLINESS THE WORLD CANNOT FORGIVE

  CONTENTS

  BOOK I. THE HIGHEST PRICE

  I. An Injustice of God 1

  II. What David Found in Morton's Closet 10

  III. The Bargain 29

  BOOK II. THE CLOSED ROAD

  I. David Re-enters the World 45

  II. A Call from a Neighbour 56

  III. The Superfluous Man 68

  IV. An Uninvited Guest 86

  V. Guest Turns Host 97

  VI. Tom is Seen at Work 107

  VII. A New Item in the Bill of Scorn 117

  VIII. The World's Denial 123

  IX. The Open Road 136

  BOOK III. TOWARD THE LIGHT

  I. The Mayor of Avenue A 152

  II. The Saving Ledge 167

  III. A Prophecy 174

  IV. Puck Masquerades as Cupid 187

  V. On the Upward Path 201

  VI. John Rogers 214

  VII. Hope and Dejection 226

  VIII. Rogers Makes an Offer 235

  IX. The Mayor and the Inevitable 244

  X. A Bad Penny Turns Up 254

  XI. A Love that Persevered 262

  XII. Mr. Chambers Takes a Hand 273

  XIII. The End of the Deal 282

  BOOK IV. THE SOUL OF WOMAN

  I. Helen Gets a New View of Her Father 298

  II. David Sees the Face of Fortune 313

  III. Helen's Conscience 324

  IV. The Ordeal of Kate Morgan 331

  V. The Command of Love 343

  VI. Another World 350

  VII. As Love Apportions 357

  VIII. A Partial Release 365

  IX. Father and Daughter 377

  X. The Beginning of Life 391

  PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS

  DAVID ALDRICH An author

  ALEXANDER CHAMBERS A king of finance

  HELEN CHAMBERS His daughter

  HENRY ALLEN A lawyer with a political future

  CARL HOFFMAN The Mayor of Avenue A

  CARRIE BECKER An admirer of the Mayor

  WILLIAM OSBORNE A publisher

  REV. JOSEPH FRANKLIN Director of St. Christopher's Mission

  REV. PHILIP MORTON Dead, but a living memory

  JOHN ROGERS A real estate agent

  KATE MORGAN A nurse-maid

  JIMMIE MORGAN Her father

  TOM (last name uncertain) Whose parents were the street

  LILLIAN DREW Of the sisterhood of Magdalene

  BOOK I

  THE HIGHEST PRICE