Author of "Mark Manning's Mission," "A Debt of Honor,"
"Bernard Brook's Adventures," "Ben Bruce," "Mark
Mason's Victory," etc., etc.

A. L. BURT COMPANY, PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK


CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I. THE MYSTERIOUS CUSTOMER.[1]
II. THE HOUSE IN TWENTY-NINTH STREET.[9]
III. AN UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY.[17]
IV. RALPH RAYMOND'S HEIR.[25]
V. JAMES CROMWELL GAINS SOME INFORMATION.[33]
VI. THE FACE AT THE FUNERAL.[41]
VII. PAUL MORTON HAS A VISITOR.[49]
VIII. JAMES CROMWELL'S TRIUMPH.[57]
IX. HOW MATTERS WERE ARRANGED.[65]
X. A VILLAINOUS SUGGESTION.[73]
XI. GOLD VERSUS CRIME.[82]
XII. ON GOAT ISLAND.[90]
XIII. THE VEIL IS LIFTED.[99]
XIV. CLARA MANTON.[107]
XV. A DECLARATION, AND HOW IT WAS RECEIVED.[115]
XVI. A MERCENARY PARENT.[123]
XVII. LOVE AND LUCRE.[131]
XVIII. A DARK DEED.[139]
XIX. CATO.[147]
XX. THE DAY AFTER.[155]
XXI. MAJOR WOODLEY AND HIS DAUGHTER.[163]
XXII. THE GHOST IN NO. 41.[171]
XXIII. A STARTLING APPEARANCE.[180]
XXIV. CONCLUSION.[188]
WHITE-FACED DICK.[197]
A BRUSH WITH THE CHINESE[215]
A. L. Burt's Catalogue of Books for Young People by Popular Writers[1]

RALPH RAYMOND'S HEIR.


CHAPTER I. THE MYSTERIOUS CUSTOMER.