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THE SCARLET FEATHER

THERE WAS SOMETHING MAGNETIC ABOUT THIS MAN WHOM SHE FEARED AND TRIED TO HATE.—[Page 201]

THE
SCARLET FEATHER by HOUGHTON TOWNLEY Author of
“The Bishop's Emeralds” Illustrations by WILL GREFÉ NEW YORK
GROSSETT & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
THE
SCARLET FEATHER
by
HOUGHTON TOWNLEY
Author of
“The Bishop's Emeralds”
Illustrations by
WILL GREFÉ
NEW YORK
GROSSETT & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1909 by

W. J. watt & company

Published June, 1909

Contents

CHAPTERPAGE
IThe Sheriff’s Writ [9]
IIThe Check [21]
IIIThe Dinner at the Club [33]
IVDora Dundas [39]
VDebts [50]
VIA Kinship Something Less Than Kind [66]
VIIGood-bye [82]
VIIIA Tiresome Patient [89]
IXHerresford is Told [93]
XHearts Ache and Ache Yet Do Not Break [102]
XIA House of Sorrow [117]
XIIA Difficult Position [125]
XIIIDick’s Heroism [135]
XIVMrs. Swinton Confesses [147]
XVColonel Dundas Speaks His Mind [168]
XVIMr. Trimmer Comes Home [173]
XVIIMrs. Swinton Goes Home [190]
XVIIIA Second Proposal [195]
XIXAn Unexpected Telegram [204]
XXThe Wedding Day Arranged [221]
XXIDick’s Return [226]
XXIIThe Blight of Fear [237]
XXIIIDora Sees Herresford [249]
XXIVDick Explains to Dora [262]
XXVTracked [280]
XXVIMrs. Swinton Hears the Truth [288]
XXVIIOrmsby Refuses [297]
XXVIIIThe Will [307]
XXIXA Public Confession [320]
XXXFlight [333]
XXXIDora Decides [340]
XXXIIHome Again [348]
XXXIIIThe Scarlet Feather [353]

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