The Thirteenth Man

By
MRS. COULSON KERNAHAN
Author of
“Under Seal of the Confessional,” “The Gate of Sinners,” “The Fraud,” “Trewinnot of Guy’s,” “An Artist’s Model,” etc., etc.

G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Copyright, 1910, by
G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY

THE THIRTEENTH MAN

TO
MISS M. BETHAM-EDWARDS
Whom all the world admires as poet, novelist and essayist, and all who
know her personally love and reverence as true woman and dear friend.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
[I.—Which Introduces a Young Author] [7]
[II.—A Confession] [13]
[III.—An Alarming Suggestion] [20]
[IV.—A Complication] [27]
[V.—A Woman’s Honor] [34]
[VI.—The Thirteenth Man] [41]
[VII.—The Prisoner] [48]
[VIII.—The Kiss] [55]
[IX.—Phyllis Throws a Bomb] [61]
[X.—For a Son’s Sake] [67]
[XI.—A Ray of Hope] [73]
[XII.—The Mystery of the Little Wood] [79]
[XIII.—A Judgment by Appearances] [84]
[XIV.—“And what a Noble Plot was Crossed”] [91]
[XV.—“Strong in War, but Weak in Love”] [97]
[XVI.—The Birth of a Soul] [103]
[XVII.—What a Dog’s Leash Prevented] [110]
[XVIII.—Philip Sits in Judgment] [118]
[XIX.—Colonel Lane Goes Off Guard] [123]
[XX.—“So Near, and Yet so Far!”] [131]
[XXI.—Two Men Discuss a Woman] [140]
[XXII.—Alvin Tries Artfully to Bring Old Lovers Together] [147]
[XXIII.—The Letter] [154]
[XXIV.—Worse Complications] [161]
[XXV.—Phyllis the Martyr!] [166]
[XXVI.—“Drat Love Affairs!” Said Mrs. Pickett] [174]
[XXVII.—A Half-Confidence] [181]
[XXVIII.—The Problem of Eweretta’s Mind] [189]
[XXIX.—“A Daniel Indeed!”] [195]
[XXX.—Such is Love] [202]
[XXXI.—The Colonel Goes Again “On Duty”] [208]
[XXXII.—Uncle Robert is Effectively Damped] [216]
[XXXIII.—Damning Evidence] [224]
[XXXIV.—The Flight of Phyllis] [231]
[XXXV.—Philip Takes Drastic Measures] [237]
[XXXVI.—Colonel Lane Apologizes] [243]
[XXXVII.—The Hand of Fate] [251]
[XXXVIII.—In the Depths of Despair] [258]
[XXXIX.—A Supernatural Happening] [266]
[XL.—Mother and Son] [273]
[XLI.—A Testimonial to Miss Linkin] [278]
[XLII.—How Reputations are Ruined] [286]
[XLIII.—A Miraculous Medicine] [292]
[XLIV.—How an Edition of “Wings and Winds” was Sold] [298]
[XLV.—How a Scandal-Monger was Served] [303]
[XLVI.—The Mystery of the Little Wood Revealed at Last] [308]
[XLVII.—The Last] [315]

THE THIRTEENTH MAN