PUBLISHERS' INTRODUCTORY NOTE
CONTENTS
Book I
Chapter I A HUT IN THE PRECIPICE
Chapter II THE UNWELCOME GUEST
Chapter III A STRANGE DISMISSAL
Chapter IV THE HOSTESS JAILER
Chapter V THE NORTHERN LADIES
Chapter VI EVENTS ON DEER MOUNTAIN
Chapter VII THE GODSON POSSIBILITY
Chapter VIII THE WORDLESS LETTERS
Chapter IX THE SPECTRE IN THE FOREST
Chapter X A SKELETON IN THE FIRE
Chapter XI THE MYSTERIOUS 'DOLPHUS
Chapter XII THE SECRET OF THE OAK
Chapter XIII A SOB IN THE DARK
Chapter XIV THE GOING OUT OF EVE
Chapter XV THE QUESTION OF GUILT
Book II
Chapter XVI A CALL FOR HELP
Chapter XVII HERMIONE'S ADVOCATE
Chapter XVIII A STARTLING DISCLOSURE
Chapter XIX TANGLED IN THE COIL
Chapter XX THE TERRIBLE CONFESSION
Chapter XXI OPENING THE PAST
Chapter XXII THE EARTHLY PURGATORY
Chapter XXIII WHAT 'DOLPHUS KNOWS
Chapter XXIV THE WOMAN WITH A SECRET
Chapter XXV LOST IN THE MAZE
Chapter XXVI A TORTURED CONSCIENCE
Chapter XXVII A HOUND ON THE SCENT
Chapter XXVIII PROBING A DEEP WOUND
Chapter XXIX FORGED LETTERS
Chapter XXX THE VISION IN THE HUT
Book III
Chapter XXXI A FLASH OF LIGHT
Chapter XXXII WHAT A TERRIER FOUND
Chapter XXXIII THE RESTORATION
Chapter XXXIV ALL THAT HAPPENED
Chapter XXXV READJUSTMENTS
OR
THE EARTHLY PURGATORY
BY
L. DOUGALL
Author of "Beggars All," "The Madonna of a Day," "The Zeit-Geist," etc.
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY NEW YORK and LONDON 1905
Copyright, 1905, by FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY [Printed in the United States of America] —— Published, March, 1905