CONTENTS CHAP. I. IN WHICH THE LEADING TRADESMEN OF POINTVIEW BECOME A BOARD OF ASSESSORS II. IN WHICH LIZZIE RETURNS TO HER HOME, HAVING MET A QUEEN AND ACQUIRED AN ACCENT AND A FIANCE III. IN WHICH LIZZIE DESCENDS PROM A GREAT HEIGHT IV. IN WHICH THE HAM WAR HAS ITS BEGINNING V. IN WHICH LIZZIE EXERTS AN INFLUENCE ON THE AFFAIRS OF THE RICH AND GREAT VI. IN WHICH THE PURSUIT OF LIZZIE BECOMES HIGHLY SERIOUS VII. IN WHICH THE HONORABLE SOCRATES POTTER CATCHES UP WITH LIZZIE ILLUSTRATIONS A DUEL WITH AUTOMOBILES WITH HIS MIND ON THE SUBJECT OF EXTRAVAGANCE "SEVEN DOLLARS A BARREL" "I WANTED YE TO TELL MR. POTTER ABOUT YER TRAVELS," SAYS SAM LIZZIE DROPPED INTO A CHAIR AND BEGAN TO CRY BILL AN' I GOT TOGETHER OFTEN AN' TALKED OF THE OLD HAPPY DAYS WE SET OUT FOR A TRAMP OVER THE BIG FARM "I'M A CANDIDATE FOR NEW HONORS" THREE DAYS LATER I DROVE TO THE VILLA THE BOY EXERTED HIS CHARMS UPON MY LADY WARBURTON. SHE LED US INTO THE BEDROOM