A Novel
By James De Mille
Author of “The Dodge Club,” “Cord and Creese,” “The Cryptogram,” “The American Baron,” &c, &c.
CONTENTS
[ CHAPTER I. — A TERRIBLE SECRET. ]
[ CHAPTER II. — THE CONTENTS OF THE MANUSCRIPT. ]
[ CHAPTER III. — THE MOMENTOUS RESOLVE. ]
[ CHAPTER IV. — THE WELCOME HOME. ]
[ CHAPTER V. — THE STRANGE INMATES OF DALTON HALL. ]
[ CHAPTER VII. — A PARLEY WITH THE JAILERS. ]
[ CHAPTER VIII. — MISS PLYMPTON BAFFLED. ]
[ CHAPTER IX. — SIR LIONEL DUDLEIGH. ]
[ CHAPTER XII. — A SOLEMN APPEAL. ]
[ CHAPTER XIII. — A WONDERFUL ACTOR. ]
[ CHAPTER XIV. — TWO CALLERS. ]
[ CHAPTER XV. — A PANIC AMONG THE JAILERS. ]
[ CHAPTER XVI. — ANOTHER VISIT ]
[ CHAPTER XVII. — A STROKE FOR LIBERTY. ]
[ CHAPTER XVIII. — A STRANGE CONFESSION. ]
[ CHAPTER XIX. — A NEW-COMER. ]
[ CHAPTER XX. — FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH ]
[ CHAPTER XXII. — LITTLE DUDLEIGH. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIII. — THE MAN OF LAW. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIV. — NEW OBLIGATIONS. ]
[ CHAPTER XXV. — THE SOURCES OF THE NILE. ]
[ CHAPTER XXVI. — A THREATENING LETTER. ]
[ CHAPTER XXVII. — THE PROPOSAL. ]
[ CHAPTER XXVIII. — A MARRIAGE IN THE DARK. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIX. — THE WIFE OF LEON DUDLEIGH. ]
[ CHAPTER XXX. — JAILER AND CAPTIVE. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXI. — THE IRREPRESSIBLE STRUGGLE. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXII. — A FIGHT IN THE ENEMY'S CAMP ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIII. — THE HUSBAND'S LAST APPEAL. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIV. — THE FUGITIVE AND THE PURSUER. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXV. — THE EMPTY ROOMS. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVI. — THE VICAR OF DALTON. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVII. — THE HOUSE OF REFUGE ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVIII. — THE OLD WELL. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIX. — THE CORONER'S INQUEST. ]
[ CHAPTER XL. — A STRANGE CONFESSION ]
[ CHAPTER XLI. — A REVELATION. ]
[ CHAPTER XLII. — THE TRIAL. ]
[ CHAPTER XLIII. — SIR LIONEL AND HIS “KEEPER” ]
[ CHAPTER XLIV. — LADY DUDLEIGH'S DECISION. ]
[ CHAPTER XLV. — LADY DUDLEIGH IS SHOWN TO HER ROOM. ]
[ CHAPTER XLVI. — THE BEDSIDE OF DALTON. ]
[ CHAPTER XLVII. — A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. ]
[ CHAPTER XLVIII. — CAPTAIN CRUIKSHANK. ]
[ CHAPTER XLIX. — EDITH'S NEW FRIEND. ]
[ CHAPTER L. — A TERRIBLE ADVENTURE. ]
[ CHAPTER LI. — IMPORTANT NEWS. ]
[ CHAPTER LII. — THE STORY OF FREDERICK DALTON. ]
[ CHAPTER LIII. — THE BROTHERS. ]
[ CHAPTER LIV. — THE SONS AND THEIR FATHER. ]