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THE SCARLET FEATHER
THERE WAS SOMETHING MAGNETIC ABOUT THIS MAN WHOM SHE FEARED AND TRIED TO HATE.—Page 201
THE SCARLET FEATHER by HOUGHTON TOWNLEY Author of “The Bishop's Emeralds” Illustrations by WILL GREFÉ NEW YORK GROSSETT & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1909 by
W. J. watt & company
Published June, 1909
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE
I The Sheriff’s Writ 9
II The Check 21
III The Dinner at the Club 33
IV Dora Dundas 39
V Debts 50
VI A Kinship Something Less Than Kind 66
VII Good-bye 82
VIII A Tiresome Patient 89
IX Herresford is Told 93
X Hearts Ache and Ache Yet Do Not Break 102
XI A House of Sorrow 117
XII A Difficult Position 125
XIII Dick’s Heroism 135
XIV Mrs. Swinton Confesses 147
XV Colonel Dundas Speaks His Mind 168
XVI Mr. Trimmer Comes Home 173
XVII Mrs. Swinton Goes Home 190
XVIII A Second Proposal 195
XIX An Unexpected Telegram 204
XX The Wedding Day Arranged 221
XXI Dick’s Return 226
XXII The Blight of Fear 237
XXIII Dora Sees Herresford 249
XXIV Dick Explains to Dora 262
XXV Tracked 280
XXVI Mrs. Swinton Hears the Truth 288
XXVII Ormsby Refuses 297
XXVIII The Will 307
XXIX A Public Confession 320
XXX Flight 333
XXXI Dora Decides 340
XXXII Home Again 348
XXXIII The Scarlet Feather 353
THE SCARLET FEATHER
THE SCARLET FEATHER