The Silent Barrier Chapter 1: AGE

I. THE WISH 1

II. THE FULFILLMENT OF THE WISH 19

III. WHEREIN TWO PEOPLE BECOME BETTER ACQUAINTED 41

IV. HOW HELEN CAME TO MALOJA 64

V. AN INTERLUDE 84

VI. THE BATTLEFIELD 103

VII. SOME SKIRMISHING 122

VIII. SHADOWS 144

IX. "ETTA'S FATHER" 167

X. ON THE GLACIER 189

XI. WHEREIN HELEN LIVES A CROWDED HOUR 212

XII. THE ALLIES 232

XIII. THE COMPACT 253

XIV. WHEREIN MILLICENT ARMS FOR THE FRAY 275

XV. A COWARD'S VICTORY 298

XVI. SPENCER EXPLAINS 321

XVII. THE SETTLEMENT 337

Ich muss--Das ist die Schrank, in welcher mich die Welt Von einer, die Natur von andrer Seite hält.

FR. RÜCKERT: _Die Weisheit des Brahmenen._

[I must--That is the Barrier within which I am pent by the World on the one hand and Nature on the other.]

THE SILENT BARRIER