CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
I.At the “White Hart”[1]
II.Hangman’s Hut[15]
III.Guns in the Night[27]
IV.The Wedding Day[40]
V.A Ghost of a Chance[53]
VI.The Wedding Night[70]
VII.The Bad Ship “Peabody”[85]
VIII.Mr Sim tells a Lie[99]
IX.In Middlecott Lower Hundred[116]
X.Dan’s Letter[130]
XI.The Last of the “Peabody”[146]
XII.Henry Vivian tries to do His Duty[160]
XIII.The Obi Man[177]
XIV.Jesse’s Finger-nail[195]
XV.Daniel Explains[210]
XVI.“Obi” at Moreton[225]
XVII.The Confession[238]
XVIII.A Bottle of Champagne[247]
XIX.Mr Sim tells the Truth[264]
XX.Five Miles in Five Minutes[279]
XXI.Johnny Beer’s Masterpiece[293]