Cruel as the Grave.

I.	—	The Berners of the Burning Hearts.	[21]
II.	—	John Lyon Howe.	[26]
III.	—	Sybil Berners.	[32]
IV.	—	The Beautiful Stranger.	[45]
V.	—	The Landlord’s Story.	[48]
VI.	—	Rosa Blondelle.	[59]
VII.	—	Down in the Dark Vale.	[71]
VIII.	—	Black Hall.	[76]
IX.	—	The Guest-Chambers.	[83]
X.	—	The Jealous Bride.	[91]
XI.	—	Love and Jealousy.	[103]
XII.	—	“Cruel As the Grave.”	[112]
XIII.	—	More Than the Bitterness of Death.	[126]
XIV.	—	The First Fatal Hallow Eve.	[133]
XV.	—	The Masquerade Ball.	[142]
XVI.	—	On the Watch.	[147]
XVII.	—	Driven to Desperation.	[154]
XVIII.	—	Lying in Wait.	[175]
XIX.	—	Swooping Down.	[183]
XX.	—	The Search.	[191]
XXI.	—	Sybil’s Flight.	[198]
XXII.	—	The Haunted Chapel.	[207]
XXIII.	—	The Solitude is Invaded.	[218]
XXIV.	—	The Verdict and the Visitor.	[225]
XXV.	—	The Fall of the Dubarrys.	[238]
XXVI.	—	The Spectre.	[250]
XXVII.	—	Fearful Waiting.	[264]
XXVIII.	—	A Ghastly Procession.	[273]
XXIX.	—	Ghostly and Mysterious	[292]
XXX.	—	Flight and Pursuit.	[306]
XXXI.	—	The Arrest.	[323]
XXXII.	—	A Desperate Venture	[334]
XXXIII.	—	A Fatal Crisis.	[344]
XXXIV.	—	The Pursuit.	[344]
XXXV.	—	The Fugitives.	[363]

CRUEL AS THE GRAVE

CHAPTER I.

“Their love was like the lava flood
That burns in Etna’s breast of flame.”