Tales and Other Narratives.
Reading edition
Abe, Story of, 817
Break-neck Venture, a, 588
Bushranger, Interviewed by a, 650
By Mead and Stream, a Story.—By Charles Gibbon, Author of Robin Gray, Queen of the Meadow, The Golden Shaft, &c.
CHAP. 1. The Overture: ‘Much Virtue in If,’ 1 2. What might be, 2 3. What is to be, 20 4. In the Oak Parlour, 35 5. A New Eden, 37 6. Alone, 50 7. An Unloved Life, 67 8. ‘Will you speak that Word?’ 69 9. Slander’s Shaft, 82 10. Light and Shadow, 84 11. ‘Strictly Confidential,’ 99 12. A Fair Arbiter, 115 13. The Cares of State, 116 14. In Harvest-time, 132 15. The Banquet waits, 133 16. Light Hearts and Sad, 148 17. A Turning-point, 163 18. The Sealed Letter, 179 19. The First Interview, 181 20. Paved with Gold, 195 21. Dreams, 211 22. Home Again, 212 23. Changes, 227 24. The Work, 243 25. A Word in Season, 259 26. A Question of Division, 275 27. Why is she so? 291 28. ‘The Little Rift,’ 309 29. Suspicion, 323 30. Curious, 339 31. The Conjurer, 355 32. The Enthusiast, 356 33. Her Problem, 371 34. Judge Me, 388 35. The Maid was in the Garden, 403 36. Is it Too Late? 419 37. Down by the River, 436 38. Whirlwinds, 450 39. The other Side, 468 40. Madge’s Mission, 484 41. Pulled Up, 499 42. A Land Shipwreck, 517 43. Other People’s Money, 531 44. An Apple of Discord, 547 45. High Pressure, 564 46. Downhill, 580 47. Under-currents, 595 48. Anxieties, 612 49. At Midnight, 614 50. A Crow to Pluck, 627 51. Hey, Presto! 642 52. How it was Done, 659 53. Pansy, 675 54. Poor Comfort, 692 55. Sweet are the Uses of Adversity, 707 56. Uphill, 723 57. The Secret in the Oak Parlour, 740 58. Clearing Up, 754 59. Glimpses, 756
Chewton-Abbot.—By Hugh Conway, 280, 295, 315
Colonel Redgrave’s Legacy, 780, 793, 811
Frendraught, the Fire of, 52
Gentleman of the Road, a, 429
Greenroom Romance, a, 471
Haunted Bridge, the, 814
In a Flash, 520
Last of the Stuarts, the, 600, 617
Miner’s Partner, the, 138, 152, 168, 185
Miss Marrable’s Elopement, 188, 198
Missing Clue, The, a Tale of the Fens—
CHAP. 1. The Arrival at the Saxonford Arms, 701 2. The Jacobite, 702 3. The Events of a Night, 716 4. After Fifteen Years, 718 5. The Colonel’s Daughter, 732 6. Hobb Dipping Bewildered, 749 7. Reginald’s Story, 751 8. The Search, 764
Mr Pudster’s Return, 569, 584
My Fellow-passenger, 252, 263
Nameless Romance, a, 541
One Woman’s History, a Novelette.—By T. W. Speight— 631, 646, 664, 680, 696, 710, 728, 743, 757, 771, 786, 804, 819
Queen Margerie, 677
Queer Company, In, 444, 461
Run for Life, a, 488
Silas Monk: a Tale of London Old City, 361, 374, 394, 407
Sketch from my Study Window, 343
‘So Unreasonable of Step-mother!’ 45
Terribly Fulfilled, 424, 440, 454
Two Days in a Lifetime.—By T. W. Speight— 5, 25, 41, 54, 73, 87, 105, 119
Vermudyn’s Fate, 536, 552
Witness for the Defence, a, 217, 231, 247
Yarn of the P. and O., a, 503
Zulu Romance, a, 330