CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. A SUDDEN ALARM.

CHAPTER II. A FRIEND IN NEED.

CHAPTER III. AFTER THE FUNERAL.

CHAPTER IV. TAKE NOW THY BILL AND WRITE FIFTY.

CHAPTER V. MARION AND ELSIE.

CHAPTER VI. A HOUSEHOLD CONTROVERSY.

CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST MARRIAGE IN THE FAMILY.

CHAPTER VIII. A NEW FACTOR.

CHAPTER IX. MAN AND WIFE.

CHAPTER X. BROTHER AND SISTER.

CHAPTER XI. THE GROWING UP OF THE BAIRNS.

CHAPTER XII. THE MOWBRAYS.

CHAPTER XIII. PLAINTIFF OR PENITENT?

CHAPTER XIV. ANOTHER AGENT.

CHAPTER XV. FRANK'S OPERATIONS.

CHAPTER XVI. THE UNJUST STEWARD ONCE MORE.

CHAPTER XVII. THE POSITION OF ELSIE.

CHAPTER XVIII. JOHNNY WEMYSS.

CHAPTER XIX. A CATASTROPHE.

CHAPTER XX. CONFESSION.

CHAPTER XXI. HOW TO SET IT RIGHT.

CHAPTER XXII. IN THE STUDY.

CHAPTER XXIII. THE LAST.

OR

THE MINISTER’S DEBT

BY

MRS. OLIPHANT




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1896