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Justin Harley

a romance of old Virginia
  
  
  
  
  
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CONTENTS.

  • CHAPTER I.

    The Death of Mr. George Hartright. 13

  • CHAPTER II.

    Keeping an Appointment. 16

  • CHAPTER III.

    The Key 21

  • CHAPTER IV.

    What some Persons were saying of Justin Harley 22

  • CHAPTER V.

    Drainage. 27

  • CHAPTER VI.

    The Opening of the Will. 30

  • CHAPTER VII.

    At the Ford of the Blackwater 34

  • CHAPTER VIII.

    In the Water 36

  • CHAPTER IX.

    Colonel Hartright Explodes. 39

  • CHAPTER X.

    The Visit 42


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  • CHAPTER XI.

    St. Leger 47

  • CHAPTER XII.

    The Night Hunt. 52

  • CHAPTER XIII.

    At Blandfield 57

  • CHAPTER XIV.

    A Queer Adventure 62

  • CHAPTER XV.

    The Key Again. 66

  • CHAPTER XVI.

    At the End of a Month 70

  • CHAPTER XVII.

    What the Key Opened. 73

  • CHAPTER XVIII.

    What Mr. Jim Hanks was Prepared to Swear to 76

  • CHAPTER XIX.

    The Cross-Examination 81

  • CHAPTER XX.

    The Vagrants 85

  • CHAPTER XXI.

    Puccoon and the Man of the Swamp 89

  • CHAPTER XXII.

    The Woman 92

  • CHAPTER XXIII.

    Harley's Ride in the Storm. 95

  • CHAPTER XXIV.

    In the Swamp 98

  • CHAPTER XXV.

    Under Ground. 101


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  • CHAPTER XXVI.

    “A. C.” 104

  • CHAPTER XXVII.

    Fanny 107

  • CHAPTER XXVIII.

    Sainty Harley 110

  • CHAPTER XXIX.

    A Night Ride 114

  • CHAPTER XXX.

    What was Taking Place in Judge Bland's Study 120

  • CHAPTER XXXI.

    Views of Miss Clementina 124

  • CHAPTER XXXII.

    In Mrs. Bland's Chamber 127

  • CHAPTER XXXIII.

    The Law of Divorce 130

  • CHAPTER XXXIV.

    A Man with a Lantern 135

  • CHAPTER XXXV.

    Only Twenty-Eight 141

  • CHAPTER XXXVI.

    The Unforeseen 144

  • CHAPTER XXXVII.

    St. Leger Comes to the Conclusion that he is Crazy 148

  • CHAPTER XXXVIII.

    El Dorado 153

  • CHAPTER XXXIX.

    Under the Moon 156


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  • CHAPTER XL.

    A Drawing-Room Poisoner 160

  • CHAPTER XLI.

    The Thunderbolt 165

  • CHAPTER XLII.

    Sainty Harley Breaks the Ice 172

  • CHAPTER XLIII.

    Disinherited 176

  • CHAPTER XLIV.

    Mr. Hicks Shows his Teeth 180

  • CHAPTER XLV.

    Apoplexy 184

  • CHAPTER XLVI.

    St. George Discourses on Locked Doors and Rosebuds. 186

  • CHAPTER XLVII.

    Business 192

  • CHAPTER XLVIII.

    What Harley Found 197

  • CHAPTER XLIX.

    Puccoon is Lost 201

  • CHAPTER L.

    The Lady of the Snow 204

  • CHAPTER LI.

    Hiding 207

  • CHAPTER LII.

    Harley and Puccoon in the Hut 210

  • CHAPTER LIII.

    The Second Attack 215

  • CHAPTER LIV.

    The Result of Riding an Unbroken Colt 318


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  • CHAPTER LV.

    A Confession 221

  • CHAPTER LVI.

    Through the Snow 225

  • CHAPTER LVII.

    Two Fathers 228

  • CHAPTER LVIII.

    St. Leger Receives his Orders. 233

  • CHAPTER LIX.

    Cross-Purposes 237

  • CHAPTER LX.

    The Recognition 244

  • CHAPTER LXI.

    Harley's “Little Sister” 249

  • CHAPTER LXII.

    Face to Face 251

  • CHAPTER LXIII.

    Augusta Chandos 254

  • CHAPTER LXIV.

    An Experience 258

  • CHAPTER LXV.

    The End of a Love Affair 261

  • CHAPTER LXVI.

    The Burglary 265

  • CHAPTER LXVII.

    Harley Ends his Narrative 268

  • CHAPTER LXVIII.

    “To the Lady who Fainted.” 274

  • CHAPTER LXIX.

    Re-Appearance of the Bird of Ill-Omen 277


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  • CHAPTER LXX.

    Oh! Justin! Justin!” 281

  • CHAPTER LXXI.

    The Last Greeting 283

  • CHAPTER LXXII.

    What a Lady is Capable of when Aroused 286

  • CHAPTER LXXIII.

    Evelyn Bland 292

  • CHAPTER LXXIV.

    St. Leger Departs 297

  • CHAPTER LXXV.

    Epilogue 299