J. W. McCONAUGHY

FROM THE PLAY OF THE SAME NAME

BY

ALEXANDRE BISSON

ILLUSTRATIONS BY

EDWARD C. VOLKERT

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

1910

Table

I.Two Invalids

II.The Return

III.Magdalen

IV.Opening for the Defense

V.Continuing for the Prosecution

VI.Closing for the Defense

VII.The Wanderers

VIII."Confidential Missions"

IX.The Hotel of the Three Crowns

X.The Uses of Adversity

XI.Concerning Dower Claims

XII."Who Saves Another——"

XIII.From Out the Shadow

XIV.Sic Itur ad Averno

XV.The Swelling of Jordan

XVI.A Woman of Mystery

XVII.Two Lovers and a Lecture

XVIII.A Ghost Rises

XIX.Hope at Last

XX.The Trial Begins

XXI.Cherchez l'Homme

XXII.Madame X Speaks

XXIII.The Verdict

XXIV.The Guttering Flame

XXV."While the Lamp Holds Out to Burn——"

ELEGIE (From the French of Massenet) Oh, Spring of days long ago, blooming and bright, Far have you fluttered away! No more the skies azure light, caroling birds Waken and glisten for me! Bearing all joy from my heart—Loved one! How far from my life hast thou flown! Vainly to me does the springtime return! It brings thee never again—Dark is the sun! Dead are the days of delight! Cold is my heart and as dark as the grave! Life is in vain—evermore!

MADAME X