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TO MY OLD FRIEND
PROFESSOR WILLIAM K. BURTON,
OF THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY, TOKYO,
WHO FIRST ENCOURAGED ME, YEARS AGO, TO PROCEED WITH
THIS LITTLE STORY,
I DESIRE AFFECTIONATELY TO
DEDICATE IT.
THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS
PREFACE
THE FIRM OF GIRDLESTONE.
CHAPTER I. — MR. JOHN HARSTON KEEPS AN APPOINTMENT.
CHAPTER II. — CHARITY A LA MODE.
CHAPTER III. — THOMAS GILRAY MAKES AN INVESTMENT.
CHAPTER IV. — CAPTAIN HAMILTON MIGGS OF THE "BLACK EAGLE."
CHAPTER V. — MODERN ATHENIANS.
CHAPTER VI. — A RECTORIAL ELECTION.
CHAPTER VII. — ENGLAND VERSUS SCOTLAND.
CHAPTER VIII. — A FIRST PROFESSIONAL.
CHAPTER IX. — A NASTY CROPPER.
CHAPTER X. — DWELLERS IN BOHEMIA.
CHAPTER XI. — SENIOR AND JUNIOR.
CHAPTER XII. — A CORNER IN DIAMONDS.
CHAPTER XIII. — SHADOW AND LIGHT.
CHAPTER XIV. — A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING.
CHAPTER XV. — AN ADDITION TO THE HOUSE.
CHAPTER XVI. — THE FIRST STEP.
CHAPTER XVII. — THE LAND OF DIAMONDS.
CHAPTER XVIII. — MAJOR TOBIAS CLUTTERBUCK COMES IN FOR A THOUSAND POUNDS.
CHAPTER XIX. — NEWS FROM THE URALS.
CHAPTER XX. — MR. HECTOR O'FLAHERTY FINDS SOMETHING IN THE PAPER.
CHAPTER XXI. — AN UNEXPECTED BLOW.
CHAPTER XXII. — ROBBERS AND ROBBED.
CHAPTER XXIII. — A MOMENTOUS RESOLUTION.
CHAPTER XXIV. — A DANGEROUS PROMISE.
CHAPTER XXV. — A CHANGE OF FRONT.
CHAPTER XXVI. — BREAKING GROUND.
CHAPTER XXVII. — MRS. SCULLY OF MORRISON'S.
CHAPTER XXVIII. — BACK IN BOHEMIA.
CHAPTER XXIX. — THE GREAT DANCE AT MORRISON'S.
CHAPTER XXX. — AT THE "COCK AND COWSLIP."
CHAPTER XXXI. — A CRISIS AT ECCLESTON SQUARE.
CHAPTER XXXII. — A CONVERSATION IN THE ECCLESTON SQUARE LIBRARY.
CHAPTER XXXIII. — THE JOURNEY TO THE PRIORY.
CHAPTER XXXIV. — THE MAN WITH THE CAMP-STOOL.
CHAPTER XXXV. — A TALK ON THE LAWN.
CHAPTER XXXVI. — THE INCIDENT OF THE CORRIDOR.
CHAPTER XXXVII. — A CHASE AND A BRAWL.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. — GIRDLESTONE SENDS FOR THE DOCTOR.
CHAPTER XXXIX. — A GLEAM OF LIGHT.
CHAPTER XL. — THE MAJOR HAS A LETTER.
CHAPTER XLI. — THE CLOUDS GROW DARKER.
CHAPTER XLII. — THE THREE FACES AT THE WINDOW.
CHAPTER XLIII. — THE BAIT ON THE HOOK.
CHAPTER XLIV. — THE SHADOW OF DEATH.
CHAPTER XLV. — THE INVASION OF HAMPSHIRE.
CHAPTER XLVI. — A MIDNIGHT CRUISE.
CHAPTER XLVII. — LAW AND ORDER.
CHAPTER XLVIII. — CAPTAIN HAMILTON MIGGS SEES A VISION.
CHAPTER XLIX. — A VOYAGE IN A COFFIN SHIP.
CHAPTER L. — WINDS UP THE THREAD AND TIES TWO KNOTS AT THE END.