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UNCLE MAX

BY ROSA NOUCHETTE CAREY

author of 'nellie's memories,' 'wee wifie,' 'robert ord's atonement,' etc.

1894


CONTENTS

[CHAPTER I. Out of the Mist]
[CHAPTER II. Behind the Bars]
[CHAPTER III. Cinderella]
[CHAPTER IV. Uncle Max Breaks The Ice]
[CHAPTER V. 'When The Cat Is Away']
[CHAPTER VI. The White Cottage]
[CHAPTER VII. Giles Hamilton, Esq]
[CHAPTER VIII. New Brooms Sweep Clean]
[CHAPTER IX. The Flag of Truce]
[CHAPTER X. A Difficult Patient]
[CHAPTER XI. One of God's Heroines]
[CHAPTER XII. A Missed Vocation]
[CHAPTER XIII. Lady Betty]
[CHAPTER XIV. Lady Betty Leaves Her Muff]
[CHAPTER XV. Up At Gladwyn]
[CHAPTER XVI. Gladys]
[CHAPTER XVII. 'Why Not Trust Me, Max?']
[CHAPTER XVIII. Miss Hamilton's Little Scholar]
[CHAPTER XIX. The Picture In Gladys's Room]
[CHAPTER XX. Eric]
[CHAPTER XXI. 'I Ran Away, Then!']
[CHAPTER XXII. 'They Have Blackened His Memory Falsely']
[CHAPTER XXIII. The Mystery at Gladwyn]
[CHAPTER XXIV. 'Weeping may endure for a Night']
[CHAPTER XXV. 'There is no one like Donald']
[CHAPTER XXVI. I hear about Captain Hamilton]
[CHAPTER XXVII. Max opens his Heart]
[CHAPTER XXVIII. Crossing the River]
[CHAPTER XXIX. Miss Darrell has a Headache]
[CHAPTER XXX. With Timbrels and Dances]
[CHAPTER XXXI. Wedding-Chimes]
[CHAPTER XXXII. A Fiery Ordeal]
[CHAPTER XXXIII. Jack Poynter]
[CHAPTER XXXIV. I communicate with Joe Muggins]
[CHAPTER XXXV. Nightingales and Roses]
[CHAPTER XXXVI. Breakers Ahead]
[CHAPTER XXXVII. 'I claim that Promise, Ursula']
[CHAPTER XXXVIII. In the Turret-Room]
[CHAPTER XXXIX. Whitefoot is saddled]
[CHAPTER XL. The Talk in the Gloaming]
[CHAPTER XLI. 'At five o'clock in the Morning']
[CHAPTER XLII. Down the Pemberley Road]
[CHAPTER XLIII. 'Conspiracy Corner']
[CHAPTER XLIV. Leah's Confession]
[CHAPTER XLV. 'This Home is yours no longer']
[CHAPTER XLVI. Nap barks in the Stable-yard]
[CHAPTER XLVII. At last, Ursula, at last!']
[CHAPTER XLVIII. 'What o' the Way to the End?']