T. W. SPEIGHT

AUTHOR OF
"THE MYSTERIES OF HERON DYKE," "HOODWINKED," "
BY DEVIOUS WAYS," "THE HEART OF A MYSTERY," ETC.

NEW AMSTERDAM BOOK COMPANY
156 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK MDCCCXCVII

Copyright, 1896,
BY
NEW AMSTERDAM BOOK COMPANY

CONTENTS.

THE PROLOGUE.

Chapter
[I.]"We fly by Night."
[II.]On the King's Highway

THE NARRATIVE

[I.]A Prentice Hand.
[II.]In Search of a Lodging.
[III.]Mr. Ellerslie of Rockmount.
[IV.]The Squire of Stanbrook.
[V.]Family Matters.
[VI.]A Man who Never Forgave.
[VII.]Who shall be Heir?
[VIII.]"A Woman of a Thousand."
[IX.]Converging Threads.
[X.]The Sequel of Miss Baynard's Adventure.
[XI.]"Little Short of Miraculous."
[XII.]A Startling Recognition.
[XIII.]Love the Conqueror.
[XIV.]A Fresh Actor on the Scene.
[XV.]"Fate Points the Way."
[XVI.]The Shears of Atropos.
[XVII.]An Astounding Discovery.
[XVIII.]The Missing Heir.
[XIX.]Mutual Confidences.
[XX.]The Adventures of a Snuff-Box.
[XXI.]In Quest of the Missing Heir.
[XXII.]The Hon Mrs. Bullivant to Captain Ferris.
[XXIII.]A Joyful Surprise.
[XXIV.]A Parting and a Letter.
[XXV.]A Desperate Resolve.
[XXVI.]"For my Sake."
[XXVII.]Three Years After.