The Day of Judgment

by Joseph Hocking

DEDICATION

To T. HARTLEY ROBERTS, Esq., J.P.

MY DEAR FRIEND,

I am dedicating this book to you, partly because when you read it in MS. you told me you liked it better than any story I have ever written; but more because, although words are at best utterly inadequate, I want to tell you that one of the things I value most in life is your friendship.

JOSEPH HOCKING.
PRIOR'S CORNER,
TOTTERIDGE.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
	[PROLOGUE]
1.	[A LEGACY OF HATE]
2.	[PAUL BEGINS HIS WORK]
3.	[PAUL IS SENT TO PRISON]
4.	[PAUL MEETS MARY BOLITHO]
5.	[PAUL'S MADNESS]
6.	[PAUL GOES TO SCOTLAND]
7.	[THE FIGHT AND THE RESULT]
8.	[THE COMING OF PAUL'S MOTHER]
9.	[THE SHADOWS OF COMING EVENTS]
10.	[THE NEW MEMBER FOR BRUNFORD]
11.	[PAUL'S DARING]
12.	[A NIGHT OF DOOM]
13.	[HOW MARY BOLITHO RECEIVED THE NEWS]
14.	[PAUL IS APPREHENDED FOR MURDER]
15.	[THE CORONER'S INQUEST]
16.	[AWAITING THE TRIAL]
17.	[THE LOVERS]
18.	[THE FIRST DAY OF THE TRIAL]
19.	[PAUL DISCOVERS HIS FATHER]
20.	[MAN AND WIFE]
21.	[TRAVAIL]
22.	[THE DAY OF JUDGMENT]
23.	[THE DAY OF JUDGMENT (_continued_)]
24.	[FATHER AND SON]
25.	[MR. JUSTICE BRANSCOMBE]
26.	[PAUL'S DEFENCE]
27.	[THE VERDICT]
28.	[PAUL'S MOTHER AND MARY]
29.	[MARY'S ACCUSATION]
30.	[THE TESTIMONY OF ARCHIE FEARN]
31.	[EZEKIEL ASHWORTH, HERBALIST]
32.	[IN THE CONDEMNED CELL]
33.	[THE HOME-COMING]
34.	[JUDGE BOLITHO'S CONFESSION]

THE DAY OF JUDGMENT

PROLOGUE