CONTENTS Chapter I A LADY IN COMPANY II THE GATEWAY AND SOME

CHAPTER II THE GATEWAY, AND SOME WHO PASSED

CHAPTER III THE QUESTION

CHAPTER IV THE GAME

CHAPTER V SPOLIA OPIMA

CHAPTER VI THE NEW MASTER

CHAPTER VII A CONFUSION IN CHATTELS

CHAPTER VIII THE SHADOW CABINET

CHAPTER IX TALLWOODS

CHAPTER X FREE AND THRALL

CHAPTER XI THE GARMENTS OF ANOTHER

CHAPTER XII THE NIGHT

CHAPTER XIII THE INVASION

CHAPTER XIV THE ARGUMENT

CHAPTER XV THE ARBITRAMENT

CHAPTER XVI THE ADJUDICATION

CHAPTER XVII THE LADY AT TALLWOODS

CHAPTER XVIII ON PAROLE

CHAPTER XIX THE ENEMY

CHAPTER XX THE ART OF DOCTOR JAMIESON

CHAPTER XXI THE PAYMENT

CHAPTER XXII THE WAY OF A MAID

CHAPTER XXIII IM WASHINGTON

CHAPTER XXIV IN THE NAME OF ALTRUISM

CHAPTER XXV THE ARTFUL GENTLEMAN PROM KENTUCKY

CHAPTER XXVI THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK

CHAPTER XXVII A SPLENDID FAILURE

CHAPTER XXVIII IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT

CHAPTER XXIX IN OLD ST. GENEVIEVE

CHAPTER XXX THE TURNCOAT

CHAPTER XXXI THE SPECTER IN THE HOUSE

Title: The Purchase Price

Author: Emerson Hough

Language: English

E-text prepared by Al Haines

THE PURCHASE PRICE

OR, THE CAUSE OF COMPROMISE

By

EMERSON HOUGH

AUTHOR OF THE MISSISSIPPI BUBBLE 54-40 OR FIGHT

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY

M. LEONE BRACKER AND EDMUND FREDERICK

1910

TO

HON. ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE A PROGRESSIVE IN THE CAUSE OF ACTUAL FREEDOM