LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

["Really, this is a sad affair."]

["I have a clue."]

["I am ready to do that at any and all times."]

["John Burrill! Why, he is a brute!"]

[So he dines at Wardour Place]

["Who are you?"]

["Ah! This phial is one of a set."]

["Are we alone?"]

[The tramp turned and looked back]

["Doctor Heath flatters himself."]

["Here is this man again."]

["Poor Frank! don't let this overcome you so."]

["Why, Evan, you look ghostly."]

["You must not have a third attack."]

["Conny, it has come."]

["I am happy to know you."]

["I have never once been tempted to self destruction."]

[Only a moment did Sybil listen]

[Evan saw Sybil and Frank canter away]

["It is not in his power or yours to alter my decision."]

["Then take that, and that."]

["It's the other one," he muttered]

["Stay a moment, sir."]

["I'll be hanged if I can understand it."]

["I hope you will excuse me."]

["Well, Roake, are you ready for business?"]

["If you ever see me again, you'll see me sober."]

["You promise never to marry Francis LaMotte?"]

[The cottage stands quite by itself]

["Prince, come away, sir!"]

["Why, boy, bless me."]

["Any of the stiff's friends in this gang?"]

["Did you ever see that knife before?"]

[They find Corliss at the Sheriff's desk]

["Softly, sir; reflect a little."]

["Sybil Lamotte shall die in her delirium."]

["Constance Wardour, you love Clifford Heath."]

["Another, Miss Wardour, is—yourself."]

["Mr. Belknap, it is I."]

["Cap'n, you're a good fellow."]

["My friend, come down off that."]

["That hope is ended now."]

["Prisoner at the Bar, are you guilty or not guilty?"]

["It was found close beside the body of John Burrill."]

[They come slowly forward]

["There is a flash—a loud report."]

[Bathurst telling the story]