CONTENTS.
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I.— | [Rain-Clouds ] | 1 |
| II.— | [An Alliance ] | 10 |
| III.— | [Sir Henry Hallaton ] | 18 |
| IV.— | [Amazons ] | 27 |
| V.— | [A Outrance ] | 43 |
| VI.— | ["Terrarum Dominos" ] | 54 |
| VII.— | [Frank ] | 64 |
| VIII.— | [June Roses ] | 73 |
| IX.— | [Touch and Go ] | 82 |
| X.— | [Afloat ] | 96 |
| XI.— | [Manœuvring ] | 107 |
| XII.— | [The Syren ] | 119 |
| XIII.— | [Sunday in London ] | 131 |
| XIV.— | [Post-Time ] | 138 |
| XV.— | [Between Cup and Lip ] | 147 |
| XVI.— | ["A Facer" ] | 156 |
| XVII.— | [Distractions ] | 166 |
| XVIII.— | [Attractions ] | 178 |
| XIX.— | [A Drawn Battle ] | 188 |
| XX.— | [A Reconnaissance ] | 198 |
| XXI.— | [The Soho Bazaar ] | 209 |
| XXII.— | [Kidnapping ] | 219 |
| XXIII.— | ["Strangers yet" ] | 229 |
| XXIV.— | [Greenwich ] | 241 |
| XXV.— | [How they missed Her ] | 248 |
| XXVI.— | [In Samaria ] | 258 |
| XXVII.— | [A Household Kate ] | 267 |
| XXVIII.— | ["Tender and True" ] | 276 |
| XXIX.— | [Daybreak ] | 285 |
| XXX.— | ["Remorseful" ] | 294 |
| XXXI.— | [Repentant ] | 303 |
| XXXII.— | ["Reclaimed" ] | 312 |
CONTRABAND;
OR, A LOSING HAZARD.
CHAPTER I.
RAIN-CLOUDS.
"In confidence, Sir Henry——"
"In confidence, Mrs. Lascelles, of course. I think you can depend upon me." And Sir Henry, as directed by a weather-beaten guide-post, turned into a narrow lane on his homeward way, while the lady with whom he had been riding, jogged her tired horse gently along the high road, absorbed in thoughts, pleasant, suggestive, engrossing—not precisely in "maiden meditation," for she was a widow—nor yet, although she was nearer thirty than twenty, wholly "fancy free."