Copyright, 1900
By HENRY WILTON THOMAS
All rights reserved
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | —A goddess scorned | 1 |
| II. | —Casa Di Bello | 18 |
| III. | —A spot of yellow paint | 37 |
| IV. | —Juno the Superb | 44 |
| V. | —The First Lady | 57 |
| VI. | —Carolina resolves to go courting | 75 |
| VII. | —A flutter in the Tomato Bank | 82 |
| VIII. | —Juno performs a miracle | 94 |
| IX. | —The Perpetua meets a bear | 102 |
| X. | —Birth of the Last Lady | 114 |
| XI. | —A race to the swift | 123 |
| XII. | —The peace preserved | 143 |
| XIII. | —The peace disturbed | 153 |
| XIV. | —Yellow boots and orange blossoms | 172 |
| XV. | —Failure of Banca Tomato | 186 |
| XVI. | —The Last Lady unmasked | 211 |
| XVII. | —The falcon saves the dove | 228 |
| XVIII. | —At the altar of San Patrizio | 238 |
| XIX. | —Events wait upon the dandelions | 255 |
| XX. | —A house divided | 268 |
| XXI. | —The feast of springtide | 278 |
| XXII. | —Carolina constructs a drama | 292 |
| XXIII. | —A partnership in ten-inch St. Peters | 308 |
| XXIV. | —Two troublesome wedding gifts | 314 |