CONTENTS.

[CHAPTER I.] LOOKING BACK AT EARLY LIFE
[CHAPTER II.] A SLEEPY VILLAGE AND A FUSSY OLD MAN
[CHAPTER III.] ALL WAS DARKNESS
[CHAPTER IV.] A STRANGE REQUEST
[CHAPTER V.] DISSECTING A MOTIVE
[CHAPTER VI.] WAITING AT THE STATION
[CHAPTER VII.] A MOTHER'S AFFECTION
[CHAPTER VIII.] THE DOMAIN OF A GREAT MERCHANT
[CHAPTER IX.] THE INTERVIEWERS
[CHAPTER X.] ROMPED WITH THE GIRL
[CHAPTER XI.] ACKNOWLEDGED BY SOCIETY
[CHAPTER XII.] A DEMOCRACY
[CHAPTER XIII.] BUTTING AGAINST A WALL
[CHAPTER XIV.] A DIFFERENT HANDWRITING
[CHAPTER XV.] TOLD HIM HER STORY
[CHAPTER XVI.] AN AROUSER OF THE SLEEPY
[CHAPTER XVII.] AN OLD MAN WOULD INVEST
[CHAPTER XVIII.] THE INVESTMENT
[CHAPTER XIX.] ARRESTED EVERYWHERE
[CHAPTER XX.] CRIED A SENSATION
[CHAPTER XXI.] A HELPLESS OLD WOMAN
[CHAPTER XXII.] TO GO ON A VISIT
[CHAPTER XXIII.] HENRY'S INCONSISTENCY
[CHAPTER XXIV.] WORE A ROSE ON HIS COAT
[CHAPTER XXV.] IMPATIENTLY WAITING
[CHAPTER XXVI.] TOLD IT ALL
[CHAPTER XXVII.] POINTS OUT HER BROTHER'S DUTY
[CHAPTER XXVIII.] THE VERDICT
[CHAPTER XXIX.] A DAY OF REST
[CHAPTER XXX.] A MOTHER'S REQUEST
[CHAPTER XXXI.] A MOMENT OF ARROGANCE
[CHAPTER XXXII.] A MOST PECULIAR FELLOW
[CHAPTER XXXIII.] THE TIME WAS DRAWING NEAR
[CHAPTER XXXIV.] TOLD HIM A STORY
[CHAPTER XXXV.] CONCLUSION


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