Contents

[ PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION ]

[ OPENING CHAPTER. ] A CHILD’S SUNDAY
[ BOOK I. ] THE HIDING
[ CHAPTER I. ] A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD, AND A STRANGE CHARACTER
[ CHAPTER II. ] MR. BLYTH IN HIS STUDIO
[ CHAPTER III. ] MADONNA’S CHILDHOOD
[ CHAPTER IV. ] MADONNA’S MOTHER
[ CHAPTER V. ] MADONNA’S MISFORTUNE
[ CHAPTER VI. ] MADONNA GOES TO LONDON
[ CHAPTER VII. ] MADONNA IN HER NEW HOME
[ CHAPTER VIII. ] MENTOR AND TELEMACHUS
[ CHAPTER IX. ] THE TRIBULATIONS OF ZACK
[ CHAPTER X. ] MR. BLYTH’S DRAWING ACADEMY
[ CHAPTER XI. ] THE BREWING OF THE STORM
[ BOOK II. ] THE SEEKING
[ CHAPTER I. ] THE MAN WITH THE BLACK SKULL-CAP
[ CHAPTER II. ] THE PRODIGAL’S RETURN
[ CHAPTER III. ] THE SEARCH BEGUN
[ CHAPTER IV. ] FATE WORKS, WITH ZACK FOR AN INSTRUMENT
[ CHAPTER V. ] FATE WORKS, WITH MR. BLYTH FOR AN INSTRUMENT
[ CHAPTER VI. ] THE FINDING OF THE CLUE
[ CHAPTER VII. ] THE BOX OF LETTERS
[ CHAPTER VIII. ] JOANNA GRICE’S NARRATIVE
[ CHAPTER IX. ] MORE DISCOVERIES
[ CHAPTER X. ] THE SQUAW’S MIXTURE
[ CHAPTER XI. ] THE GARDEN DOOR
[ CHAPTER XII. ] THE HAIR BRACELET
[ CHAPTER XIII. ] THE SEARCH FOR ARTHUR CARR
[ CHAPTER XIV. ] MARY’S GRAVE
[ CHAPTER XV. ] THE DISCOVERY OF ARTHUR CARR
[ CHAPTER XVI. ] THE DAY OF RECKONING
[ CHAPTER XVII. ] MATTHEW GRICE’S REVENGE
[ CLOSING CHAPTER. ] A YEAR AND A HALF AFTERWARDS