Arthur M. Winfield.
July 1, 1900.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER
I. [Thrown Out of Employment]
II. [The Accusation and What Followed]
III. [Getting Settled]
IV. [The Old Secretary and the New]
V. [A Plot against Robert]
VI. [Mrs. Vernon's Money]
VII. [The Doctor's Visit]
VIII. [Frederic Vernon's Perplexity]
IX. [Robert Reaches London]
X. [Matters at Home]
XI. [Vernon Makes Another Move]
XII. [An Unexpected Result]
XIII. [Vernon's High-handed Proceedings]
XIV. [Vernon's Unwelcome Visitor]
XV. [A Fight and a Fire]
XVI. [Robert Shows his Bravery]
XVII. [A Diamond Scarfpin]
XVIII. [Vernon Plays the Penitent]
XIX. [Mrs. Vernon's Bank Account]
XX. [The Runaway along the Cliff]
XXI. [The Cablegram from Chicago]
XXII. [Farmer Parsons' Story]
XXIII. [Aunt and Nephew's Agreement]
XXIV. [The Attack in the Stateroom]
XXV. [A Friend in Need]
XXVI. [In Chicago Once More]
XXVII. [Dick Marden's Good News]
XXVIII. [In which Mrs. Vernon is Missing]
XXIX. [Doctor Rushwood's Sanitarium]
XXX. [Frederic Vernon's Demands]
XXXI. [Robert Decides to Act]
XXXII. [The Beginning of the End]
XXXIII. [Robert's Heroism--Conclusion]
CHAPTER I.
THROWN OUT OF EMPLOYMENT.
"A telegram for you, Robert."
"A telegram for me?" repeated Robert Frost, as he took the envelope which his fellow clerk, Livingston Palmer, handed him. "I wonder where it can be from?"
"Perhaps it's from your mother. Your step-father may be sick again, and she may want you at home."
"No, Mr. Talbot is quite well now; my mother said so in her letter of yesterday. I imagine this is from Timberville, Michigan."