PART I

_MAY, JUNE, JULY, 1914_

CHAPTER PAGE

I AERIAL LIGHT HORSE 3

II THE BOSOM-CHUMS 19

III THE EYES OF ICARUS 34

IV THE SONG OF ALL THE AGES 54

V THE WORKADAY WORLD 62

VI THE INVITATION 71

VII A BACHELOR'S TEA-PARTY 75

VIII LAUGHING ODDS 82

IX A DAY IN THE COUNTRY 89

X LESLIE, ON "THE ROOTS OF THE ROSE" 107

XI THE HEELS OF MERCURY 122

XII THE KISS WITHHELD 128

XIII THE FLYING DREAM 144

XIV AN AWAKENING 152

XV LESLIE ON "TOO MUCH LOVE" 168

XVI THE AEROPLANE LADY 178

XVII LESLIE ON "MARRIAGE" 186

XVIII THE OBVIOUS THING 193

XIX THE SEALED BOX 212