CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. [MAN PROPOSES][9]
II. [THE OLD TREE'S REVELATIONS][16]
III. [THE STORY OF A CRIME][25]
IV. [THE DIE IS CAST][44]
V. [A SHREWD SCHEME][54]
VI. [A WARNING][64]
VII. [A STRUGGLE FOR MORE THAN LIFE][75]
VIII. [THREADS OF THE FABRIC][98]
IX. [GONE!][104]
X. [BONNIE, BEWITCHING CLAIRE][113]
XI. [A GLEAM OF LIGHT][121]
XII. [A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD][130]
XIII. [MISS ARTHUR'S FRENCH MAID][137]
XIV. [WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS][143]
XV. [CORA AND THE FRENCH MAID MEASURE SWORDS][155]
XVI. [FACE TO FACE][167]
XVII. [GATHERING CLUES][184]
XVIII. [THE HAND OF FRIENDSHIP WIELDS THE SURGEON'S KNIFE][191]
XIX. [A DUAL RENUNCIATION][203]
XX. [STRUGGLING AGAINST FATE][215]
XXI. [HAGAR AND CORA][229]
XXII. [TO BE, TO DO, TO SUFFER][239]
XXIII. [SETTING SOME SNARES][244]
XXIV. [A VERITABLE GHOST][251]
XXV. [SOME DAYS OF WAITING][257]
XXVI. [NOT A BAD DAY'S WORK][265]
XXVII. [CLAIRE TURNS CIRCE][272]
XXVIII. [THE CURTAIN RISES ON THE MIMIC STAGE][279]
XXIX. [A STARTLING EPISODE][291]
XXX. [WAITING][299]
XXXI. [MR. PERCY SHAKES HIMSELF][303]
XXXII. [A SILKEN BELT][310]
XXXIII. [CROSS PURPOSES][316]
XXXIV. [A SLIGHT COMPLICATION][322]
XXXV. ["THOU SHALT NOT SERVE TWO MASTERS" SET AT NAUGHT][332]
XXXVI. [MR. LORD'S LETTER][337]
XXXVII. ["I HAVE COME BACK TO MY OWN!"][341]
XXXVIII. [CORA UNDER ORDERS][356]
XXXIX. [MYSTIFIED PEOPLE][367]
XL. [DAVLIN'S "POINTS."][378]
XLI. [THE DAYS PASS BY][385]
XLII. [A STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM][389]
XLIII. [THE DOCTOR'S WOOING][397]
XLIV. [A FRESH COMPLICATION][403]
XLV. [MRS. RALSTON'S STORY][409]
XLVI. [CORA "STIRS UP THE ANIMALS."][416]
XLVII. [THE BEGINNING OF THE END][423]
XLVIII. [THE SWORD OF FATE][427]
XLIX. [AS THE FOOL DIETH][442]
L. ["AND THEN COMES REST."][447]

"Lucian Davlin was among the arrivals, and at the end of the depot platform stood the dainty phæton of Mrs. John Arthur."—[page 229.]