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THE
LOUDWATER TRAGEDY

BY

T. W. SPEIGHT

AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERIES OF HERON DYKE," "HOODWINKED,"
"BACK TO LIFE," ETC.

London
CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY
1893

CONTENTS

CHAP.
[Prologue]
[I.]ON THE EDGE OF A SECRET.
[II.]WHO IS MRS. WINSLADE?
[III.]THE SECRET TOLD.
[IV.]IN WHICH MISS SUDLOW SPEAKS HER MIND.
[V.]A FAMILY CONFERENCE AND WHAT CAME OF IT.
[VI.]IN WHICH MISS SUDLOW HAS HER WAY.
[VII.]PERSONAL TO PHIL.
[VIII.]PHIL TAKES UP THE TRAIL AFRESH.
[IX.]A DEADLOCK.
[X.]UNCHRISTIAN CHARITY.
[XI.]FANNY AT LOUDWATER HOUSE.
[XII.]MRS. MELRAY THE YOUNGER IN A NEW LIGHT.
[XIII.]MRS. MELRAY'S STATEMENT.
[XIV.]THE STATEMENT CONCLUDED.
[XV.]A SCRAP OF PAPER.
[XVI.]A FRESH LINE OF INQUIRY.
[XVII.]"A MAN I AM, CROSS'D WITH ADVERSITY."
[XVIII.]AN UNLOOKED-FOR DEVELOPMENT.
[XIX.]AN UNAVOIDABLE NECESSITY.
[XX.]"WE MUST SPEAK BY THE CARD."
[XXI.]THE TRUTH AT LAST.
[XXII.]ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.

THE
LOUDWATER TRAGEDY.

[PROLOGUE.]

THE STORY OF THE CRIME.