VOL. II.

LONDON:

TINSLEY BROTHERS, 18, CATHERINE ST., STRAND.
1869.
[The Right of Translation is reserved.]


LONDON:
BRADBURY, EVANS, AND CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.


CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE
I.—WHO WILL WIN THEM?[1]
II.—THE “LIVELY STUNNERS”[21]
III.—A SLAP IN THE FACE[43]
IV.—A LIGHT IN THE GLOOM[60]
V.—SPRETÆ INJURIA FORMÆ[74]
VI.—LOSING THE GLOVES[86]
VII.—GATHERING CLOUDS[103]
VIII.—THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE “TIMES”[123]
IX.—GONE[132]
X.—WHAT WAS IT?[145]
XI.—STEPHEN WALKER DOES HIS WORST[157]
XII.—FOLLOWING IT UP[176]
XIII.—A DESPERATE GAME[190]
XIV.—A SHOP TO LET[206]
XV.—WHAT CAN IT MEAN?[220]
XVI.—THE INTERCEPTED LETTER[231]
XVII.—WAITING FOR THE ANSWER[250]
XVIII.—A CUT DIRECT[263]
XIX.—A CHANGE OF PLAN[270]