EPOCH THE FOURTH
XVI. MISFORTUNES COME NOT SINGLY
XVII. HIS GREATEST ASSET
XVIII. JEAN JACQUES HAS AN OFFER
XIX. SEBASTIAN DOLORES DOES NOT SLEEP
XX. "AU 'VOIR, M'SIEU' JEAN JACQUES"
XXI. IF SHE HAD KNOWN IN TIME

EPOCH THE FIFTH
XXII. BELLS OF MEMORY
XXIII. JEAN JACQUES HAS WORK TO DO
XXIV. JEAN JACQUES ENCAMPED.
XXV. WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE

EPILOGUE




INTRODUCTION

This book is in a place by itself among the novels I have written. Many
critics said that it was a welcome return to Canada, where I had made my
first success in the field of fiction. This statement was only meagrely
accurate, because since 'The Right of Way' was published in 1901 I had
written, and given to the public, 'Northern Lights', a book of short
stories, 'You Never Know Your Luck', a short novel, and 'The World for
Sale', though all of these dealt with life in Western Canada, and not
with the life of the French Canadians, in which field I had made my first
firm impression upon the public. In any case, The Money Master was