THE GOLDEN KEY


CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
[PROLOGUE.]A RESPONSIVE HEART.[3]
[CHAPTER I.]SIXTEEN YEARS AFTER.[16]
[CHAPTER II.]“WHATEVER STANDS IN MY PATH!”[28]
[CHAPTER III.]LOVE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.[39]
[CHAPTER IV.]“I WOULD STAKE MY FORTUNE.”[51]
[CHAPTER V.]THE BANK ON SUNDAY MORNING.[61]
[CHAPTER VI.]GERALD SUFFERS AN INDIGNITY.[71]
[CHAPTER VII.]MR. BREWSTER’S WILL.[81]
[CHAPTER VIII.]EVIDENCE BY MR. PLUM.[92]
[CHAPTER IX.]AN IMPORTANT WITNESS.[102]
[CHAPTER X.]A THRILLING ADVENTURE.[112]
[CHAPTER XI.]“I DID NOT MEAN TO BETRAY MYSELF.”[121]
[CHAPTER XII.]ALLISON AND HER GUARDIAN.[132]
[CHAPTER XIII.]“BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS.”[144]
[CHAPTER XIV.]A TERRIBLE REVELATION.[155]
[CHAPTER XV.]AN APPALLING SECRET.[166]
[CHAPTER XVI.]DO YOUR WORST.[177]
[CHAPTER XVII.]WRECK OF THE LIMITED.[189]
[CHAPTER XVIII.]A CRUSHING TROUBLE.[199]
[CHAPTER XIX.]GERALD MEETS HUBBARD.[210]
[CHAPTER XX.]THE SECRET OF THE FOOT-REST.[221]
[CHAPTER XXI.]THE WINCHESTER HEIRLOOM.[232]

THE GOLDEN KEY.


PROLOGUE.

A RESPONSIVE HEART.