CONTENTS

CHAPTER I A MODERN SPORTSMAN

CHAPTER II AN UNEXPECTED MEETING

CHAPTER III A LIVING FORTUNE

CHAPTER IV A GREAT TEMPTATION

CHAPTER V THE SHADOW OF DOUBT

CHAPTER VI A TRIAL SPIN ON THE DOWNS

CHAPTER VII A LEAF FROM THE PAST

CHAPTER VIII ROGUES IN COUNCIL

CHAPTER IX IN THE TOILS

CHAPTER X CONFESSION

CHAPTER XI ON THE EDGE

CHAPTER XII A LION IN THE PATH

CHAPTER XIII "AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN"

CHAPTER XIV THE POST CLUB

CHAPTER XV JOLLY and CO.

CHAPTER XVI THE NOOK

CHAPTER XVII A FAIR DAY'S SPORT

CHAPTER XVIII AN EVENING VISIT

CHAPTER XIX THE EMPTY HOUSE

CHAPTER XX INSIDE

CHAPTER XXI THE EAVESDROPPERS

CHAPTER XXII A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE

CHAPTER XXIII A CHANGE OF AIR

CHAPTER XXIV A STRANGE VISITOR

CHAPTER XXV THE DERELICT

CHAPTER XXVI A SECOND TRIAL

CHAPTER XXVII DRIVING IT HOME

CHAPTER XXVIII HONOUR BRIGHT

CHAPTER XXIX ACTING THE FRIEND

CHAPTER XXX AN ULTIMATUM

CHAPTER XXXI A POINT-BLANK REFUSAL

CHAPTER XXXII AN EASY FALL

CHAPTER XXXIII THE FIVE BASKETS

CHAPTER XXXIV NO. 5

CHAPTER XXXV A POISONOUS ATMOSPHERE

CHAPTER XXXVI FIELDEN INTERVENES

CHAPTER XXXVII BETWEEN TWO FIRES

CHAPTER XXXVIII LOOSENING THE GRIP

CHAPTER XXXIX A DRAMATIC EXIT

CHAPTER XL CAUGHT!

CHAPTER XLI HOME AGAIN

CHAPTER XLII FIRST PAST THE POST

HARD PRESSED





BY

FRED M. WHITE

AUTHOR OF

"THE CRIMSON BLIND"
"THE CORNER HOUSE"
"THE YELLOW FACE"
ETC., ETC.





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