MRS. HALLIBURTON'S TROUBLES
BY MRS. HENRY WOOD
AUTHOR OF "EAST LYNNE," "THE CHANNINGS," "JOHNNY LUDLOW," ETC.
TWO HUNDRED AND TENTH THOUSAND
London
MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1904
LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
DUKE STREET, STAMFORD STREET, S.E., AND GREAT WINDMILL STREET. W.
CONTENTS
[CHAPTER I. THE CLERGYMAN'S DAUGHTER.]
[CHAPTER II. THE SHADOW BECOMES SUBSTANCE.]
[CHAPTER III. THE REV. FRANCIS TAIT.]
[CHAPTER IV. NEW PLANS.]
[CHAPTER V. MARGARET.]
[CHAPTER VI. IN SAVILE-ROW.]
[CHAPTER VII. LATER IN THE DAY.]
[CHAPTER VIII. SUSPENSE.]
[CHAPTER IX. SEEKING A HOME.]
[CHAPTER X. A DYING BED.]
[CHAPTER XI. HELSTONLEIGH.]
[CHAPTER XII. ANNA LYNN.]
[CHAPTER XIII. ILLNESS.]
[CHAPTER XIV. A CHRISTMAS DREAM.]
[CHAPTER XV. THE FUNERAL.]
[CHAPTER XVI. TROUBLE.]
[CHAPTER XVII. THOMAS ASHLEY.]
[CHAPTER XVIII. HONEY FAIR.]
[CHAPTER XIX. MRS. REECE AND DOBBS.]
[CHAPTER XX. THE GLOVE OPERATIVES.]
[CHAPTER XXI. THE LADIES OF HONEY FAIR.]
[CHAPTER XXII. MR. BRUMM'S SUNDAY SHIRT.]
[CHAPTER XXIII. THE MESSRS. BANKES.]
[CHAPTER XXIV. HARD TO BEAR.]
[CHAPTER XXV. INCIPIENT VANITY.]
[CHAPTER XXVI. MR. ASHLEY'S MANUFACTORY.]
[CHAPTER XXVII. THE FORGOTTEN LETTER.]
[PART THE SECOND.]
[CHAPTER I. A SUGGESTED FEAR.]
[CHAPTER II. SHADOWS IN HONEY FAIR.]
[CHAPTER III. THE DARES AT HOME.]
[CHAPTER IV. THROWING AT THE BATS.]
[CHAPTER V. CHARLOTTE EAST'S PRESENT.]
[CHAPTER VI. THE FEAR GROWING GREATER.]
[CHAPTER VII. THE END.]
[CHAPTER VIII. A WEDDING IN HONEY FAIR.]
[CHAPTER IX. AN EXPLOSION FOR MRS. CROSS.]
[CHAPTER X. A STRAY SHILLING.]
[CHAPTER XI. THE SCHOOLBOYS' NOTES.]
[CHAPTER XII. A LESSON FOR PHILIP GLENN.]
[CHAPTER XIII. MAKING PROGRESS.]
[CHAPTER XIV. WILLIAM HALLIBURTON'S GHOST.]
[CHAPTER XV. "NOTHING RISK, NOTHING WIN."]
[CHAPTER XVI. MRS. DARE'S GOVERNESS.]
[CHAPTER XVII. TAKING AN ITALIAN LESSON.]
[CHAPTER XVIII. A VISION IN HONEY FAIR.]
[CHAPTER XIX. THE DUPLICATE CLOAKS.]
[CHAPTER XX. IN THE STARLIGHT.]
[CHAPTER XXI. A PRESENT OF TEA-LEAVES.]
[CHAPTER XXII. HENRY ASHLEY'S OBJECT IN LIFE.]
[CHAPTER XXIII. ATTERLY'S FIELD.]
[CHAPTER XXIV. ANNA'S EXCUSE.]
[CHAPTER XXV. PATIENCE COME TO GRIEF.]
[CHAPTER XXVI. THE GOVERNESS'S EXPEDITION.]
[CHAPTER XXVII. THE QUARREL.]
[PART THE THIRD.]
[CHAPTER I. ANNA LYNN'S DILEMMA.]
[CHAPTER II. COMMOTION.]
[CHAPTER III. ACCUSED.]
[CHAPTER IV. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.]
[CHAPTER V. A BRUISED HEART.]
[CHAPTER VI. ONE DYING IN HONEY FAIR.]
[CHAPTER VII. COMING HOME TO THE DARES.]
[CHAPTER VIII. AN UGLY VISION.]
[CHAPTER IX. SERGEANT DELVES "LOOKS UP."]
[CHAPTER X. THE TRIAL.]
[CHAPTER XI. THE WITNESSES FOR THE ALIBI.]
[CHAPTER XII. A COUCH OF PAIN.]
[CHAPTER XIII. A RAY OF LIGHT.]
[CHAPTER XIV. MR. DELVES ON HIS BEAM ENDS.]
[CHAPTER XV. A LOSS FOR POMERANIAN KNOLL.]
[CHAPTER XVI. AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE.]
[CHAPTER XVII. THE EXPLOSION.]
[CHAPTER XVIII. "CALLED."]
[CHAPTER XIX. A GLIMPSE OF A BLISSFUL DREAM.]
[CHAPTER XX. WAYS AND MEANS.]
[CHAPTER XXI. THE DREAM REALIZED.]
[CHAPTER XXII. THE BISHOP'S LETTER.]
[CHAPTER XXIII. A DYING CONFESSION.]
[CHAPTER XXIV. THE DOWNFALL OF THE DARES.]
[CHAPTER XXV. ASSIZE TIME.]
[CHAPTER XXVI. THE HIGH SHERIFF'S DINNER PARTY.]