By James De Mille
By James De Mille
Author of “The Dodge Club,” “Cord and Creese,” “The Cryptogram,” “The American Baron,” &c, &c.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. — A TERRIBLE SECRET.
CHAPTER II. — THE CONTENTS OF THE MANUSCRIPT.
CHAPTER III. — THE MOMENTOUS RESOLVE.
CHAPTER IV. — THE WELCOME HOME.
CHAPTER V. — THE STRANGE INMATES OF DALTON HALL.
CHAPTER VI. — WALLED IN.
CHAPTER VII. — A PARLEY WITH THE JAILERS.
CHAPTER VIII. — MISS PLYMPTON BAFFLED.
CHAPTER IX. — SIR LIONEL DUDLEIGH.
CHAPTER X. — LEON
CHAPTER XI. — LUCY.
CHAPTER XII. — A SOLEMN APPEAL.
CHAPTER XIII. — A WONDERFUL ACTOR.
CHAPTER XIV. — TWO CALLERS.
CHAPTER XV. — A PANIC AMONG THE JAILERS.
CHAPTER XVI. — ANOTHER VISIT
CHAPTER XVII. — A STROKE FOR LIBERTY.
CHAPTER XVIII. — A STRANGE CONFESSION.
CHAPTER XIX. — A NEW-COMER.
CHAPTER XX. — FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
CHAPTER XXI. — A WARNING.
CHAPTER XXII. — LITTLE DUDLEIGH.
CHAPTER XXIII. — THE MAN OF LAW.
CHAPTER XXIV. — NEW OBLIGATIONS.
CHAPTER XXV. — THE SOURCES OF THE NILE.
CHAPTER XXVI. — A THREATENING LETTER.
CHAPTER XXVII. — THE PROPOSAL.
CHAPTER XXVIII. — A MARRIAGE IN THE DARK.
CHAPTER XXIX. — THE WIFE OF LEON DUDLEIGH.
CHAPTER XXX. — JAILER AND CAPTIVE.
CHAPTER XXXI. — THE IRREPRESSIBLE STRUGGLE.
CHAPTER XXXII. — A FIGHT IN THE ENEMY'S CAMP
CHAPTER XXXIII. — THE HUSBAND'S LAST APPEAL.
CHAPTER XXXIV. — THE FUGITIVE AND THE PURSUER.
CHAPTER XXXV. — THE EMPTY ROOMS.
CHAPTER XXXVI. — THE VICAR OF DALTON.
CHAPTER XXXVII. — THE HOUSE OF REFUGE
CHAPTER XXXVIII. — THE OLD WELL.
CHAPTER XXXIX. — THE CORONER'S INQUEST.
CHAPTER XL. — A STRANGE CONFESSION
CHAPTER XLI. — A REVELATION.
CHAPTER XLII. — THE TRIAL.
CHAPTER XLIII. — SIR LIONEL AND HIS “KEEPER”
CHAPTER XLIV. — LADY DUDLEIGH'S DECISION.
CHAPTER XLV. — LADY DUDLEIGH IS SHOWN TO HER ROOM.
CHAPTER XLVI. — THE BEDSIDE OF DALTON.
CHAPTER XLVII. — A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
CHAPTER XLVIII. — CAPTAIN CRUIKSHANK.
CHAPTER XLIX. — EDITH'S NEW FRIEND.
CHAPTER L. — A TERRIBLE ADVENTURE.
CHAPTER LI. — IMPORTANT NEWS.
CHAPTER LII. — THE STORY OF FREDERICK DALTON.
CHAPTER LIII. — THE BROTHERS.
CHAPTER LIV. — THE SONS AND THEIR FATHER.
CHAPTER LV. — CONCLUSION.