WITH ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY
G. H. EVISON.
LONDON
FREDERICK WARNE & CO
AND NEW YORK
(All rights reserved)
Butler & Tanner
The Selwood Printing Works
Frome and London
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | A Strange Affair | [1] |
| II | A Cruel Implication | [15] |
| III | Mr. St. Clive proves himself a True Friend | [25] |
| IV | Ralph's First Day at School | [35] |
| V | Making Things Straight | [45] |
| VI | An Early Morning Spin | [55] |
| VII | Horace Elgert Goes a little Too Far | [65] |
| VIII | A Mysterious Midnight Visitor | [75] |
| IX | Altogether Beyond Explanation | [84] |
| X | Counsels and Promises | [94] |
| XI | Going in for Grinding | [103] |
| XII | The Stolen Banknote | [113] |
| XIII | Divided Opinions | [122] |
| XIV | By the River Side | [131] |
| XV | The Lost Pocket-Book | [140] |
| XVI | Things look Black for Ralph | [150] |
| XVII | The Plot that Failed | [159] |
| XVIII | Where the Banknote Went | [168] |
| XIX | The Lame Horse once more | [177] |
| XX | To Mr. St. Clive's | [186] |
| XXI | A House of Refuge | [195] |
| XXII | An Afternoon Ramble | [204] |
| XXIII | The Ruin and the Lonely House | [213] |
| XXIV | For the Sake of Revenge | [222] |
| XXV | Just in Time | [231] |
| XXVI | Tom Warren Speaks His Mind | [240] |
| XXVII | In the Dead of the Night | [249] |
| XXVIII | The Next Day | [259] |
| XXIX | What Tinkle and Green Caught | [268] |
| XXX | What Detained Ralph Rexworth | [277] |
| XXXI | The Tables are Turned | [286] |
| XXXII | Flogged and Expelled | [294] |
| XXXIII | Conclusion | [303] |