_Contents_THE QUEST OF THE SILVER FLEECE_Note from the Author_ 3_One_: DREAMS 5_Two_: THE SCHOOL 12_Three_: MISS MARY TAYLOR 16_Four_... Read more

_Contents_THE QUEST OF THE SILVER FLEECE_Note from the Author_ 3_One_: DREAMS 5_Two_: THE SCHOOL 12_Three_: MISS MARY TAYLOR 16_Four_: TOWN 23_Five_: ZORA 33_Six_: COTTON 42_Seven_: THE PLACE OF DREAMS 53_Eight_: MR. HARRY CRESSWELL 66_Nine_: THE PLANTING 74_Ten_: MR. TAYLOR CALLS 84_Eleven_: THE FLOWERING OF THE FLEECE 99_Twelve_: THE PROMISE 108_Thirteen_: MRS. GREY GIVES A DINNER 122_Fourteen_: LOVE 128_Fifteen_: REVELATION 134_Sixteen_: THE GREAT REFUSAL 146_Seventeen_: THE RAPE OF THE FLEECE 154_Eighteen_: THE COTTON CORNER 162_Nineteen_: THE DYING OF ELSPETH 171_Twenty_: THE WEAVING OF THE SILVER FLEECE 182_Twenty-one_: THE MARRIAGE MORNING 191_Twenty-two_: MISS CAROLINE WYNN 199_Twenty-three_: THE TRAINING OF ZORA 210_Twenty-four_: THE EDUCATION OF ALWYN 218_Twenty-five_: THE CAMPAIGN 230_Twenty-six_: CONGRESSMAN CRESSWELL 244_Twenty-seven_: THE VISION OF ZORA 254_Twenty-eight_: THE ANNUNCIATION 263_Twenty-nine_: A MASTER OF FATE 271_Thirty_: THE RETURN OF ZORA 283_Thirty-one_: A PARTING OF WAYS 293_Thirty-two_: ZORA'S WAY 309_Thirty-three_: THE BUYING OF THE SWAMP 316_Thirty-four_: THE RETURN OF ALWYN 328_Thirty-five_: THE COTTON MILL 339_Thirty-six_: THE LAND 350_Thirty-seven_: THE MOB 364_Thirty-eight_: ATONEMENT 371THE QUEST OF THE SILVER FLEECE TO ONEwhose name may not be written but to whose tirelessfaith the shaping of these cruder thoughts to forms more fitly perfect is doubtless due, this finished work is herewith dedicated_Note_He who would tell a tale must look toward three ideals: to tell it well,to tell it beautifully, and to tell the truth.The first is the Gift of God, the second is the Vision of Genius, butthe third is the Reward of Honesty.In _The Quest of the Silver Fleece_ there is little, I ween, divine oringenious; but, at least, I have been honest. In no fact or picture haveI consciously set down aught the counterpart of which I have not seen orknown; and whatever the finished picture may lack of completeness, thislack is due now to the story-teller, now to the artist, but never to theherald of the Truth. Less