CONTENTS
CHAPTER I THE LETTER THAT SAID COME
CHAPTER II NORTH DOOR AND SOUTH DOOR
CHAPTER III ONE LAST ARGUMENT
CHAPTER IV THE BIG SYCAMORE TREE
CHAPTER V THE BUGLE SOUNDED TAPS
CHAPTER VI THE OTHER HEIR
CHAPTER VII INQUIRIES
CHAPTER VIII CONFESSION
CHAPTER IX COUNTER-CONFESSIONS
CHAPTER X THE PHANTOM BUGLER
CHAPTER XI FLEMING STONE
CHAPTER XII THE GARAGE FIRE
CHAPTER XIII SARA WHEELER
CHAPTER XIV RACHEL'S STORY
CHAPTER XV THE AWFUL TRUTH
CHAPTER XVI MAIDA'S DECISION
CHAPTER XVII MAIDA AND HER FATHER
CHAPTER XVIII A FINAL CONFESSION
Transcriber's Notes
By CAROLYN WELLS
Author of
“The Vanishing of Betty Varian,” “The Mystery Girl,” “Anybody But Anne,” “The Come-Back,” “The Curved Blades,” “A Chain of Evidence,” “In the Onyx Lobby,” “The Luminous Face,” “Raspberry Jam,” etc.
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COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY STREET & SMITH CORPORATION,
UNDER TITLE OF “THE PARDON TREE”
COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY