OF

JAMES PAYN

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I.[A Little Toad.]
II.[At Vauxhall.]
III.[The Clock-maker.]
IV.[A Discovery.]
V.[The World Well Lost.]
VI.[A Chair and a Coach.]
VII.[In Davies Street.]
VIII.[Unmasked.]
IX.[In Clarges Row.]
X.[Sir Hervey Takes the Field.]
XI.[The Tug of War.]
XII.[Don Quixote.]
XIII.[The Welcome Home.]
XIV.[The First Stage.]
XV.[A Squire of Dames.]
XVI.[The Paved Ford.]
XVII.[In the Valley.]
XVIII.[King Smallpox.]
XIX.[Lady Betty's Fate.]
XX.[A Friend In Need.]
XXI.[The Strolling Players.]
XXII.['Tis Go or Swim.]
XXIII.[Two Portraits.]
XXIV.[Who Plays, Pays.]
XXV.[Repentance at Leisure.]
XXVI.[A Dragon Disarmed.]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

['One Minute!' she cried.]

['Sir!' Sophia cried, her cheeks burning.]

[Grocott ... stole forward, and ... leant over the flushed features of the unconscious lad.]

['This must be--must be stopped at once!']

['Oh, la! I don't want to stay!' Mrs. Martha cried.]