CHATTO & WINDUS

1899

Copyright 1899

by

F. M. BUCKLES & COMPANY

On the Brink of a Chasm

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I.Undone[7]
II.A Man’s Revenge[17]
III.“The King can do no Wrong”[28]
IV.A Post Obit[36]
V.“I have Misjudged Him”[48]
VI.The Kiss[57]
VII.The Cause of Death[68]
VIII.The Long Trunk[77]
IX.The Dead Restored[88]
X.“Diamond cut Diamond”[95]
XI.A Telegram[108]
XII.A Crafty Old Lady[118]
XIII.The Die Cast[129]
XIV.Black Mischief[138]
XV.Dick’s Secret[150]
XVI.The Wrong Medicine[157]
XVII.Mrs. Pelham[170]
XVIII.“Tarbot Will tell Me”[184]
XIX.“‘Scoundrel!’ He Said”[190]
XX.The Price of His Sin[197]
XXI.“Honor Bright”[210]
XXII.“Your Eyes are Big and Bright”[220]
XXIII.With the Doctors[230]
XXIV.The Little Woman in Black[236]
XXV.“There’s a Cruel Sin Somewhere”[250]
XXVI.Not in the Bargain[258]
XXVII.A Black Crime[269]
XXVIII.The “Pelham Arms”[276]
XXIX.Circumstantial Evidence[289]
XXX.The Bolt[297]
XXXI.Gone[309]
XXXII.Barbara hears Startling News[319]
XXXIII.A Moment of Triumph[329]
XXXIV.The Last Straw[343]
XXXV.Ace of Trumps[350]
XXXVI.Sir Piers[358]

ON THE BRINK OF A CHASM.

CHAPTER I.
UNDONE.