PROLOGUE. CHAPTER I. A QUEER ADVENTURE CHAPTER II. A STRANGE ARRANGEMENT PART I. CHAPTER I. MRS. DACRE DARROW CHAPTER II. A RED RAG TO A BULL CHAPTER III. POVERTY HALL CHAPTER IV. MR. BARTON'S VISITOR CHAPTER V. BEHIND THE SCENES CHAPTER VI. MRS. DARROW'S BOMBSHELL CHAPTER VII. IN THE WOODS CHAPTER VIII. SHORTY CHAPTER IX. THE SHADOW CHAPTER X. THE SQUIRE'S SECRET CHAPTER XI. UNMASKED CHAPTER XII. MIRIAM KEEPS AN APPOINTMENT CHAPTER XIII. MRS. DARROW BECOMES REFRACTORY CHAPTER XIV. ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT CHAPTER XV. A NINE DAYS' WONDER CHAPTER XVI. A LITTLE FEMININE DIPLOMACY CHAPTER XVII. A ROMAN FATHER CHAPTER XVIII. THE REWARD OF MIRIAM PART II. CHAPTER I. 5A, ROSARY MANSIONS CHAPTER II. JABEZ REDIVIVUS CHAPTER III. MRS. PARSLEY'S PROTÉGÉ CHAPTER IV. DICKY'S DISCOVERY CHAPTER V. JUST IN TIME CHAPTER VI. SOME MUTUAL COMPLIMENTS AND A CONFESSION CHAPTER VII. MRS. DARROW SYMPATHISES CHAPTER VIII. MRS. PARSLEY SEES A GHOST CHAPTER IX. MORE TROUBLE CHAPTER X. THE MAJOR'S POINT OF VIEW CHAPTER XI. IN THE DEPTHS CHAPTER XII. JABEZ SEEKS AN OLD FRIEND CHAPTER XIII. THE END OF GERALD ARKEL CHAPTER XIV. A QUEER STORY QUEERLY TOLD EPILOGUE. Selections from Jarrold & Sons' List. Fergus Hume's Novels. The "Greenback" Series of Popular 3/6 Novels.