Madeline Payne, the Detective's DaughterIntroductory materialReading editionChapter navigation61 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterMADELINE PAYNE,LAWRENCE L. LYNCH,Introductory materialMADELINE PAYNE,Chapter I · MAN PROPOSES.Chapter II · THE OLD TREE'S REVELATIONS.Chapter III · THE STORY OF A CRIME.Chapter IV · THE DIE IS CAST.Chapter V · A SHREWD SCHEME.Chapter VI · A WARNING.Chapter VII · A STRUGGLE FOR MORE THAN LIFE.Chapter VIII · THREADS OF THE FABRIC.Chapter IX · GONE!Chapter X · BONNIE, BEWITCHING CLAIRE.Chapter XI · A GLEAM OF LIGHT.Chapter XII · A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD.Chapter XIII · MISS ARTHUR'S FRENCH MAID.Chapter XIV · WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS.Chapter XV · CORA AND THE FRENCH MAID MEASURE SWORDS.Chapter XVI · FACE TO FACE.Chapter XVII · GATHERING CLUES.Chapter XVIII · THE HAND OF FRIENDSHIP WIELDS THE SURGEON'S KNIFE.Chapter XIX · A DUAL RENUNCIATION.Chapter XX · STRUGGLING AGAINST FATE.Chapter XXI · HAGAR AND CORA.Chapter XXII · TO BE, TO DO, TO SUFFER.Chapter XXIII · SETTING SOME SNARES.Chapter XXIV · A VERITABLE GHOST.Chapter XXV · SOME DAYS OF WAITING.Chapter XXVI · NOT A BAD DAY'S WORK.Chapter XXVII · CLAIRE TURNS CIRCE.Chapter XXVIII · THE CURTAIN RISES ON THE MIMIC STAGE.Chapter XXIX · A STARTLING EPISODE.Chapter XXX · WAITING.Chapter XXXI · MR. PERCY SHAKES HIMSELF.Chapter XXXII · A SILKEN BELT.Chapter XXXIII · CROSS PURPOSES.Chapter XXXIV · A SLIGHT COMPLICATION.Chapter XXXV · "THOU SHALT NOT SERVE TWO MASTERS" SET AT NAUGHT.Chapter XXXVI · MR. LORD'S LETTER.Chapter XXXVII · "I HAVE COME BACK TO MY OWN!"Chapter XXXVIII · CORA UNDER ORDERS.Chapter XXXIX · MYSTIFIED PEOPLE.Chapter XL · DAVLIN'S "POINTS."Chapter XLI · THE DAYS PASS BY.Chapter XLII · A STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM.Chapter XLIII · THE DOCTOR'S WOOING.Chapter XLIV · A FRESH COMPLICATION.Chapter XLV · MRS. RALSTON'S STORY.Chapter XLVI · CORA "STIRS UP THE ANIMALS."Chapter XLVII · THE BEGINNING OF THE END.Chapter XLVIII · THE SWORD OF FATE.Chapter XLIX · AS THE FOOL DIETH.Chapter L · "AND THEN COMES REST."POPULAR BOOKS.A NEW DETECTIVE STORY.DANGEROUS GROUND;THE GOLD HUNTERS' ADVENTURES;A SLAVER'S ADVENTURESA Whaleman's AdventuresPrevious chapter ←LAWRENCE L. LYNCH,Next chapter →MADELINE PAYNE,All chapters and sections (61)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsMADELINE PAYNE,LAWRENCE L. LYNCH,Opening pagesIntroductory materialOther sectionsMADELINE PAYNE,Chapters1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950Other sectionsPOPULAR BOOKS.A NEW DETECTIVE STORY.DANGEROUS GROUND;THE GOLD HUNTERS' ADVENTURES;A SLAVER'S ADVENTURESA Whaleman's Adventures"Lucian Davlin was among the arrivals, and at the end of the depot platform stood the dainty phæton of Mrs. John Arthur."—page 229.← LAWRENCE L. LYNCH,MADELINE PAYNE, →
