Edward Barnett, a Neglected Child of South Carolina, Who Rose to Be a Peer of Great Britain,—and the Stormy Life of His Grandfather, Captain Williams

THE EARL'S VICTIMS:

Reading edition

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE TERRIBLE END OF THE PROUD EARL DE MONTFORD, THE LAMENTABLE FATE OF THE VICTIM OF HIS PASSION,

AND

THE SHADOW'S PUNISHMENT,

'TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION.'

BY TOBIAS ACONITE,

THE MAYOR OF HOLE CUM CORNER.

1855

CHAPTER I.--THE STEWARD. CHAPTER II.--THE VILLAGE ALE-HOUSE. CHAPTER III.--THE AGENT. CHAPTER IV.--THE POOR MAN'S HOME. CHAPTER V.--THE CAPTURE. CHAPTER VI.--THE BEGINNING OF RETRIBUTION. CHAPTER VII.--THE SEAMAN'S STORY. CHAPTER VIII.--THE END OF TWO VICTIMS. CHAPTER IX.--THE AGENT'S PUNISHMENT. CHAPTER X.--RETRIBUTION. CHAPTER XI.--CONCLUSION. POSTSCRIPT.--THE AUTHOR TO THE READER.