RICHARD DOWLING,

AUTHOR OF
"THE MYSTERY OF KILLARD," "THE DUKE'S SWEETHEART,"
"UNDER ST. PAUL'S," "MIRACLE GOLD," ETC.

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NEW EDITION.

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WARD AND DOWNEY,

12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, W.C.

1891.
PRINTED BY
KELLY AND CO., MIDDLE MILL, KINGSTON-ON-THAMES
AND GATE STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, W.C.

CONTENTS

CHAP.
I.--[Welford Bridge.]
II.--[Crawford's House.]
III.--[The Pine Groves of Leeham.]
IV.--[The Missing Man.]
V.--[A Second Apparition.]
VI.--[Crawford's Investigations.]
VII.--[A Visitor at Boland's Ait.]
VIII.--[Father and Son.]
IX.--[Crawford's Home.]
X.--[Father and Son.]
XI.--["Can I Play with that Little Boy?"]
XII.--[Philip Ray at Richmond.]
XIII.--[An Invitation Accepted.]
XIV.--[The Fire at Richmond.]
XV.--[How William Goddard changed his Name.]
XVI.--[At Play.]
XVII.--[The Postman's Hail.]
XVIII.--[Private Theatricals.]
XIX.--[The Tow-path by Night.]
XX.--[A Hostage at Crawford's House.]
XXI.--[Crawford Sells a Patent.]
XXII.--[William Crawford's Nightmare.]
XXIII.--["Man Overboard!"]
XXIV.--[Reward for a Life.]
XXV.--[A New Visitor at Crawford's House.]
XXVI.--[A Bridge of Sighs.]
XXVII.--[A Last Resolve.]
XXVIII.--[William Crawford's Luck.]
XXIX.--[An Intruder upon the Ait.]
XXX.--[Hetty's Visit to the Ait.]
XXXI.--[By the Boy's Bedside.]
XXXII.--[Bramwell finds a Sister.]
XXXIII.--["I must go to fetch her Home."]
XXXIV.--[Crawford's Plans for the Future.]
XXXV.--[Husband and Wife.]
XXXVI.--[Tea at Crawford's House.]
XXXVII.--[Crawford Writes Home.]
XXXVIII.--[William Crawford Free.]
XXXIX.--[Crawford is Sleepless.]
XL.--[Crawford Sleeps]