CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I.The Arrest.[1]
II.June’s Pity.[10]
III.The Chastisement.[19]
IV.The Escape.[29]
V.Zula’s Friend.[35]
VI.Silvery Waves.[39]
VII.The Disaster.[48]
VIII.Cruel Crisp.[53]
IX.Free Again.[65]
X.Scott’s Valet.[70]
XI.Scott’s Wife.[78]
XII.A Cloud.[86]
XIII.A Bold Plot.[94]
XIV.Bright Hopes.[103]
XV.Rejected.[115]
XVI.A Shadowed Home.[122]
XVII.The Removal.[128]
XVIII.The Interview.[132]
XIX.A Fatal Step.[138]
XX.Mr. Le Moyne of Paris.[144]
XXI.Paul and Scott.[147]
XXII.Looking for a Place.[152]
XXIII.June’s Reason—Letter From Paul.[162]
XXIV.A Scene on the Water.[176]
XXV.The Elopement.[184]
XXVI.The Old House at Roxbury.[194]
XXVII.Insane Bessie.[199]
XXVIII.Bessie’s Visit.[208]
XXIX.The Fortune Teller.[216]
XXX.Bessie’s Sad Story.[227]
XXXI.Repenting at Leisure.[235]
XXXII.A Bitter Atonement.[248]
XXXIII.Still at Work.[262]
XXXIV.A Game of Hearts.[268]
XXXV.A Sad Event.[278]
XXXVI.Solving the Problem.[292]
XXXVII.General Explanation.[312]

1

CHAPTER I.
THE ARREST.

“Oh, you little wretch! What are you about? You dreadfully sinful little creature. Police, police!”

The speaker, a richly dressed woman, was just entering the spacious dining-room, as she caught sight of a dusky little form in the act of taking a set of silver spoons from the heavy gold-lined holder. The child raised a pair of coal-black eyes to the lady’s face as she turned to pass out of the dining-room door, which had been left open to let in the cool June breeze; but as she was about to cross the threshold she was seized by the strong hands of a policeman, who had answered Mrs. Wilmer’s call, and the silver was scattered in a dozen different directions.