D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK.

THE IDOL
OF THE BLIND
A NOVEL
BY
TOM GALLON
AUTHOR OF
TATTERLY, A PRINCE OF MISCHANCE,
DICKY MONTEITH, ETC.

“When pious frauds and holy shifts
Are dispensations and gifts.”
Hudibras

NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1899
Copyright, 1899,
By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.
All rights reserved.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTERPAGE
[I.—Comethup enters life disastrously]1
[II.—And makes discoveries]10
[III.—The ghost of a little child]20
[IV.—The captain plays the knight-errant]40
[V.—Tells of an erring woman]55
[VI.—The captain in strange company]62
[VII.—In which separations are suggested]79
[VIII.—Comethup suffers a loss]88
[IX.—The coming of Aunt Charlotte]100
[X.—Comethup leaves the old life]115
[XI.—And becomes a personage]131
[XII.—The captain speaks his mind]141
[XIII.—A retrospect—and a fluttering of hearts]158
[XIV.—An incubus, and the demon of jealousy]175
[XV.—Comethup practises deception]183
[XVI.—Comethup is shadowed]199
[XVII.—The beginnings of a genius]214
[XVIII.—Aunt Charlotte is sympathetic]231
[XIX.—Genius asserts itself]247
[XX.—The desertion of a parent]262
[XXI.—Genius and the domestic virtues]276
[XXII.—A second desertion]286
[XXIII.—Comethup drives a bargain]301
[XXIV.—Uncle Robert has an inspiration]311
[XXV.—The fall of Prince Charming]327
[XXVI.—Brian pays his debts]332
[XXVII.—The pleading of the captain]351
[XXVIII.—Medmer melts a silver spoon]361
[XXIX.—Comethup learns the truth]369
[XXX.—Aunt Charlotte attends a celebration]374