By the same Author.

Illustrated. Crown 8vo. Cloth, 6s.

The Treasure Seekers.
Five Children and It.
Nine Unlikely Tales for Children.
The Would-be-Goods.
New Treasure Seekers.

LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN

CONTENTS

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I. The Haunted Inheritance[1]
II. The Power of Darkness[32]
III. The Stranger who might have been Observed[60]
IV. Rack and Thumbscrew[84]
V. The Millionairess[103]
VI. The Hermit of “The Yews”[134]
VII. The Aunt and the Editor[158]
VIII. Miss Mouse[178]
IX. The Old Wife[201]
X. The House of Silence[224]
XI. The Girl at the Tobacconist’s[245]
XII. While it is Yet Day[268]
XIII. Alcibiades[287]