Contents
[CHAPTER I.--SOMETHING AMISS.]
[CHAPTER II.--MAX MAKES A DISCOVERY.]
[CHAPTER III.--DUDLEY EXPLAINS.]
[CHAPTER IV.--A PARAGRAPH IN "THE STANDARD."]
[CHAPTER V.--ONE MAN'S LOSS is ANOTHER MAN'S GAIN.]
[CHAPTER VI.--THE LITTLE STONE PASSAGE.]
[CHAPTER VII.--A QUESTIONABLE GUIDE.]
[CHAPTER VIII.--FOREWARNED, BUT NOT FOREARMED.]
[CHAPTER IX.--THE MAN WHO HESITATES.]
[CHAPTER X.--GRANNY.]
[CHAPTER XI.--A TRAP.]
[CHAPTER XII.--ESCAPE.]
[CHAPTER XIII.--THE SEQUEL TO A TRAGEDY.]
[CHAPTER XIV.--IS IT BLACKMAIL?]
[CHAPTER XV.--MR. WEDMORE'S SECOND FREAK.]
[CHAPTER XVI.--A MESSAGE FROM THE WHARF.]
[CHAPTER XVII.--A SORCERESS.]
[CHAPTER XVIII.--THE SWORD FALLS.]
[CHAPTER XIX.--A STRANGE PAIR.]
[CHAPTER XX.--THE PREY OF THE RIVER.]
[CHAPTER XXI.--A DUBIOUS REFUGE.]
[CHAPTER XXII.--TWO WOMEN.]
[CHAPTER XXIII.--THE BLUE-EYED NURSE.]
[CHAPTER XXIV.--MAX MAKES A STAND AND A DISCOVERY.]
[CHAPTER XXV.--THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED.]
[CHAPTER XXVI.--BACK TO LOVE AND LIFE.]