By James De Mille Author of "The Dodge Club," "Cord and
CHAPTER I. A TERRIBLE SECRET.
CHAPTER II. THE CONTENTS OF THE MANUSCRIPT.
CHAPTER III. THE MOMENTOUS RESOLVE.
CHAPTER IV. THE WELCOME HOME.
CHAPTER V. THE STRANGE INMATES OF DALTON HALL.
CHAPTER VI. WALLED IN.
CHAPTER VII. A PARLEY WITH THE JAILERS.
CHAPTER VIII. MISS PLYMPTON BAFFLED.
CHAPTER IX. SIR LIONEL DUDLEIGH.
CHAPTER X. LEON
CHAPTER XI. LUCY.
CHAPTER XII. A SOLEMN APPEAL.
CHAPTER XIII. A WONDERFUL ACTOR.
CHAPTER XIV. TWO CALLERS.
CHAPTER XV. A PANIC AMONG THE JAILERS.
CHAPTER XVI. ANOTHER VISIT
CHAPTER XVII. A STROKE FOR LIBERTY.
CHAPTER XVIII. A STRANGE CONFESSION.
CHAPTER XIX. A NEW-COMER.
CHAPTER XX. FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
CHAPTER XXI. A WARNING.
CHAPTER XXII. LITTLE DUDLEIGH.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE MAN OF LAW.
CHAPTER XXIV. NEW OBLIGATIONS.
CHAPTER XXV. THE SOURCES OF THE NILE.
CHAPTER XXVI. A THREATENING LETTER.
CHAPTER XXVII. THE PROPOSAL. Eight weeks passed.
CHAPTER XXVIII. A MARRIAGE IN THE DARK.
CHAPTER XXIX. THE WIFE OF LEON DUDLEIGH.
CHAPTER XXX. JAILER AND CAPTIVE.
CHAPTER XXXI. THE IRREPRESSIBLE STRUGGLE.
CHAPTER XXXII. A FIGHT IN THE ENEMY'S CAMP
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE HUSBAND'S LAST APPEAL.
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE FUGITIVE AND THE PURSUER.
CHAPTER XXXV. THE EMPTY ROOMS.
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE VICAR OF DALTON.
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE HOUSE OF REFUGE
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE OLD WELL.
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE CORONER'S INQUEST.
CHAPTER XL. A STRANGE CONFESSION
CHAPTER XLI. A REVELATION.
CHAPTER XLII. THE TRIAL.
CHAPTER XLIII. SIR LIONEL AND HIS "KEEPER"
CHAPTER XLIV. LADY DUDLEIGH'S DECISION.
CHAPTER XLV. LADY DUDLEIGH IS SHOWN TO HER ROOM.
CHAPTER XLVI. THE BEDSIDE OF DALTON.
CHAPTER XLVII. A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
CHAPTER XLVIII. CAPTAIN CRUIKSHANK.
CHAPTER XLIX. EDITH'S NEW FRIEND.
CHAPTER L. A TERRIBLE ADVENTURE.
CHAPTER LI. IMPORTANT NEWS.
CHAPTER LII. THE STORY OF FREDERICK DALTON.
CHAPTER LIII. THE BROTHERS.
CHAPTER LIV. THE SONS AND THEIR FATHER. "Where is my mother?"
CHAPTER LV. CONCLUSION.