1867.
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LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.
CONTENTS OF VOL. III.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| A GLIMPSE OF THE CANVAS | [1] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| GREAT SUCCESSES | [18] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| “LIKE A MAN’S HAND” | [43] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| AT KEMMS PARK | [67] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| THE PAPER WAR | [89] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| FOR EVERMORE | [115] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| IN BERRIE DOWN LANE | [145] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| WOMAN TO WOMAN | [171] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| DIFFICULTIES | [199] |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| THE BUBBLE BURSTS | [225] |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| FORGOTTEN | [251] |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| THE BITTERNESS OF DEATH | [267] |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| SUNSET AT BERRIE DOWN | [298] |
FAR ABOVE RUBIES.
CHAPTER I.
A GLIMPSE OF THE CANVAS.
Whether the moneys, with a memorandum of which the promoter so obligingly furnished him, had ever come into his hands or not, Arthur Dudley still felt a certain sense of having been cheated—of having been made the cat’s-paw wherewith Mr. Black’s chestnuts were drawn out of the fire. He knew, although to the letter Mr. Black’s statements might be correct, still that in the spirit he had deceived him grossly.
He was perfectly well aware the meaning conveyed to him by the Company “paying all,” was that he, Arthur Dudley, should never have to meet a single bill, nor be a penny the worse for the money he had advanced to float the Protector.
Bitterly now he remembered Nellie and his stock—the latter sold at a considerable sacrifice. The young bullocks and the fat beeves, the flocks of sheep, and the lambs which ought to have been kept over the winter, appeared again, and formed a sad procession before his mind’s eye. Hay parted with before the price rose at the turn of the year; wheat threshed off and sent to market, when the markets were falling instead of rising; straw disposed of at rates which scarcely left a margin of profit, after deducting cartage and expenses—these things recurred to the Squire’s memory, and roused fresh anger in his heart against the man who had led him so grievously astray.