CONTENTS.

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I. [Miss McGregor at home ]7
II. [Nathalie ]14
III. [Miss Rose ]25
IV. [Val's office ]36
V. [Killing two birds with one stone ]46
VI. [An evening at Miss Blake's ]59
VII. [Too many irons in the fire ]67
VIII. [Val turns mentor ]82
IX. [Wooed and won ]95
X. [Fast and loose ]112
XI. [How Captain Cavendish meant to marry Cherrie. ]123
XII. [In which the wedding comes off ]138
XIII. [After the wedding ]150
XIV. [Mining the ground ]157
XV. [Springing the mine ]167
XVI. [A crime ]179
XVII. [Found guilty ]191
XVIII. [The darkening sky ]207
XIX. [The flight ]217
XX. ["One more unfortunate" ]227
XXI. [Mrs. Butterby's lodgings ]236
XXII. [The heiress of Redmon ]247
XXIII. [The heiress of Redmon enters society ]259
XXIV. [The spell of the enchantress ]275
XXV. [The double compact ]283
XXVI. [Mr. Paul Wyndham ]299
XXVII. [Mr. Wyndham's wooing ]312
XXVIII. [Mr. Wyndham's wedding ]324
XXIX. [Mr. Wyndham's mother ]336
XXX. [Very mysterious ]349
XXXI. [Val's discovery ]366
XXXII. [Cherrie tells the truth ]377
XXXIII. [Overtaken ]391
XXXIV. [The Vesper-Hymn ]406
XXXV. ["Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore'" ]417
XXXVI. [Drifting out ]425
XXXVII. [Dies Iræ, Dies Illa ]430
XXXVIII. [Out of the crooked ways ]450
XXXIX. [In Hope ]478