FALSE EVIDENCE

"They sprang after me, but started back with a quick exclamation, for they looked into the black muzzle of my father's revolver." (Chapter XXXVII.)
"They sprang after me, but started back with a quick exclamation,
for they looked into the black muzzle of my father's revolver."
(Chapter XXXVII.)

FALSE EVIDENCE

BY

E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM

Author of
"Anne, the Adventuress," "The Traitors," "Conspirators," etc.

WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED,
LONDON, MELBOURNE AND TORONTO.
1911.

This Book, written by the Author some years ago,
is now issued in Library form for the first time.

CONTENTS

CHAP.

PROLOGUE

I. MY APOLOGY
II. THE FIRST CLOUD
III. "THE BOY MUST BE TOLD"
IV. "A MYSTERIOUS MEETING"
V. "ON BOSSINGTON HEADLAND"
VI. AN INTERRUPTED ADDRESS
VII. "I AM TOLD"
VIII. "MY VOW"
IX. AN UNEXPECTED VISIT
X. THE FIRST MOVE
XI. COLONEL DEVEREUX'S LAND AGENT
XII. AT DEVEREUX COURT
XIII. COLONEL SIR FRANCIS DEVEREUX, BART.
XIV. THE BEGINNING OF DANGER
XV. A FIGHT FOR LIFE
XVI. MY CONVALESCENCE
XVII. A MOONLIGHT RIDE
XVIII. A STRANGE INTERVIEW
XIX. MARIAN SURPRISES ME
XX. AMONGST THE BULRUSHES
XXI. RUPERT DEVEREUX
XXII. FACE TO FACE
XXIII. IN THE PICTURE GALLERY
XXIV. A MIDNIGHT VISITOR
XXV. "COUSINS!"
XXVI. I "GIVE WARNING"
XXVII. SIR FRANCIS DEVEREUX'S APPEAL
XXVIII. GOOD-BYE TO DEVEREUX COURT
XXIX. I AM TEMPTED
XXX. LIAR AND COWARD
XXXI. MY FATHER AND I
XXXII. THE BRIGANDS' HOME
XXXIII. AT PALERMO
XXXIV. VISITORS FROM ROME
XXXV. WE ENTERTAIN AT THE VILLA
XXXVI. MR. BURTON LEIGH
XXXVII. CUT DOWN
XXXVIII. AN OMINOUS NOTE
XXXIX. "MY FATHER'S RESOLUTION"
XL. A HORRIBLE MISTAKE
XLI. "TWO YEARS AFTER"
XLII. A TRAITOROUS LOVE
XLIII. EXPIATION
XLIV. "HERO"