The Scarlet Feather

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THE SCARLET FEATHER

THERE WAS SOMETHING MAGNETIC ABOUT THIS MAN WHOM SHE FEARED AND TRIED TO HATE.—Page 201

THE
SCARLET FEATHER

HOUGHTON TOWNLEY

Author of
“The Bishop's Emeralds”

Illustrations by

WILL GREFÉ

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NEW YORK
GROSSETT & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

W. J. watt & company

Published June, 1909

Contents

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	The Sheriff’s Writ	9
II	The Check	21
III	The Dinner at the Club	33
IV	Dora Dundas	39
V	Debts	50
VI	A Kinship Something Less Than Kind	66
VII	Good-bye	82
VIII	A Tiresome Patient	89
IX	Herresford is Told	93
X	Hearts Ache and Ache Yet Do Not Break	102
XI	A House of Sorrow	117
XII	A Difficult Position	125
XIII	Dick’s Heroism	135
XIV	Mrs. Swinton Confesses	147
XV	Colonel Dundas Speaks His Mind	168
XVI	Mr. Trimmer Comes Home	173
XVII	Mrs. Swinton Goes Home	190
XVIII	A Second Proposal	195
XIX	An Unexpected Telegram	204
XX	The Wedding Day Arranged	221
XXI	Dick’s Return	226
XXII	The Blight of Fear	237
XXIII	Dora Sees Herresford	249
XXIV	Dick Explains to Dora	262
XXV	Tracked	280
XXVI	Mrs. Swinton Hears the Truth	288
XXVII	Ormsby Refuses	297
XXVIII	The Will	307
XXIX	A Public Confession	320
XXX	Flight	333
XXXI	Dora Decides	340
XXXII	Home Again	348
XXXIII	The Scarlet Feather	353

THE SCARLET FEATHER

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