TO
EDMOND POWER, ESQ.,
OF SPRINGFIELD,
Whose kindness to Mine and to Me
I SHALL NEVER FORGET
WHILE I AM.

CONTENTS.

Part I.—A Plain Gold Guard.

I.[—A CONSCIENTIOUS BURGLAR ]1
II.[—A GENEROUS BANKER ]24
III.[—THE MANOR HOUSE ]47
IV.[—AN UNSELFISH MOTHER ]69
V.[—AN UNSELFISH FATHER ]99
VI.[—"TO THE ISLAND OR TO ——" ]123
VII.[—TRUSTEE TO CANCELLED PAGES ]148
VIII.[—WAT GREY'S ROMANCE DIES OUT ]174
IX.[—A FLASK OF COGNAC ]194
X.[—ON THE THRESHOLD OF DEATH ]216
XI.[—BY THE STATE BED ]235

THE WEIRD SISTERS.

PART I. A PLAIN GOLD GUARD.