CONTENTS [PREFACE.]I. [A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.]II. [A MANCHESTER TEA-PARTY.]III. [JOHN BARTON'S GREAT TROUBLE.]IV. [OLD ALICE'S HISTORY.]V. [THE MILL ON FIRE—JEM WILSON TO THE RESCUE.]VI. [POVERTY AND DEATH.]VII. [JEM WILSON'S REPULSE.]VIII. [MARGARET'S DEBUT AS A PUBLIC SINGER.]IX. [BARTON'S LONDON EXPERIENCES.]X. [RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL.]XI. [MR. CARSON'S INTENTIONS REVEALED.]XII. [OLD ALICE'S BAIRN.]XIII. [A TRAVELLER'S TALES.]XIV. [JEM'S INTERVIEW WITH POOR ESTHER.]XV. [A VIOLENT MEETING BETWEEN THE RIVALS.]XVI. [MEETING BETWEEN MASTERS AND WORKMEN.]XVII. [BARTON'S NIGHT-ERRAND.]XVIII. [MURDER.]XIX. [JEM WILSON ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.]XX. [MARY'S DREAM—AND THE AWAKENING.]XXI. [ESTHER'S MOTIVE IN SEEKING MARY.]XXII. [MARY'S EFFORTS TO PROVE AN ALIBI.]XXIII. [THE SUB-PŒNA.]XXIV. [WITH THE DYING.]XXV. [MRS. WILSON'S DETERMINATION.]XXVI. [THE JOURNEY TO LIVERPOOL.]XXVII. [IN THE LIVERPOOL DOCKS.]XXVIII. ["JOHN CROPPER, AHOY!"]XXIX. [A TRUE BILL AGAINST JEM.]XXX. [JOB LEGH'S DECEPTION.]XXXI. [HOW MARY PASSED THE NIGHT.]XXXII. [THE TRIAL AND VERDICT—"NOT GUILTY."]XXXIII. [REQUIESCAT IN PACE.]XXXIV. [THE RETURN HOME.]XXXV. ["FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES."]XXXVI. [JEM'S INTERVIEW WITH MR. DUNCOMBE.]XXXVII. [DETAILS CONNECTED WITH THE MURDER.]XXXVIII. [CONCLUSION.]