Front matter

Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed.

HE SAW THAT THE LITTLE FINGER OF THE EARL'S RIGHT HAND HAD LOST ITS LAST JOINT.

THE LOST CLUE

BY

MRS. O. F. WALTON

AUTHOR OF

"DOCTOR FORESTER," "A PEEP BEHIND THE SCENES," ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY ADOLF THIEDE

LONDON

THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY

4 BOUVERIE ST. AND 65 ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD, E. C.

1910

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. IN THE ARCADE

II. A DIFFICULT POSITION

III. CAPTAIN FORTESCUE'S PROMISE

IV. A TROUBLED NIGHT

V. THE SAFE OPENED

VI. THE TWO ENVELOPES

VII. A WALK THROUGH BORROWDALE

VIII. HONISTER CRAG

IX. A FINISHED CHAPTER

X. GOOD-BYE

XI. DAISY BANK

XII. BLACK COUNTRY ROSES

XIII. MOTHER HOTCHKISS

XIV. THE OLD OAK CUPBOARD

XV. 156, LIME STREET

XVI. THE BLOTTED WORD

XVII. A STRANGE LETTER

XVIII. WORDS TO BE REMEMBERED

XIX. GRANTLEY CASTLE

XX. THE PHOTO OF A FRIEND

XXI. LORD KENMORE

XXII. MR. NORTHCOURT'S OPINION

XXIII. A MOST CHARMING GIRL

XXIV. THE PICTURE GALLERY

XXV. WAITING FOR THE ANSWER

XXVI. A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY

XXVII. ANOTHER CHAPTER CLOSED

XXVIII. WATENDLATH FORGET-ME-NOT

XXIX. THE MISSING WORD FOUND

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

He saw that the little finger of the Earl's right hand had lost its last joint. Frontispiece

He turned round and saw Watson standing behind him.

Then he told them all; he laid before them the story of his life.

She gazed a long time at this picture.

THE LOST CLUE