The Turnstile

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A. E. W. Mason. The Turnstile

The Turnstile

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CHAPTER I

THE SWINGING OF A CHANDELIER

CHAPTER II

OF AN EARTHQUAKE AND JAMES CHALLONER

CHAPTER III

CHALLONER'S PILGRIMAGE

CHAPTER IV

CYNTHIA'S BIRTHDAY

CHAPTER V

THE REAPER

CHAPTER VI

A VISITOR AT THE ESTANCIA

CHAPTER VII

BOTH SIDES OF THE DOOR

CHAPTER VIII

THE FLIGHT

CHAPTER IX

ROBERT DAVENTRY EXPLAINS

CHAPTER X

MR. BENOLIEL

CHAPTER XI

A MAN ON THE MAKE

CHAPTER XII

LUNGATINE

CHAPTER XIII

THE NIGHT BEFORE THE POLL

CHAPTER XIV

COLONEL CHALLONER'S MEMORY

CHAPTER XV

THE MAYOR AND THE MAN

CHAPTER XVI

WORDS OVER THE TELEPHONE

CHAPTER XVII

A REFUSAL

CHAPTER XVIII

A MAIDEN SPEECH

CHAPTER XIX

AND A PROPOSAL

CHAPTER XX

AT CULVER

CHAPTER XXI

MR. BENOLIEL'S WARNING

CHAPTER XXII

AND AN INSTANCE TO ENFORCE IT

CHAPTER XXIII

CYNTHIA ON THE HOUSE

CHAPTER XXIV

THE MAN WHO HAD WALKED IN THE ROAD

CHAPTER XXV

COLONEL CHALLONER'S REVOLT

CHAPTER XXVI

THE PICTURE AT BRAMLING

CHAPTER XXVII

DEVENISH REPLIES

CHAPTER XXVIII

WIRELESS

CHAPTER XXIX

IN THE LADIES' GALLERY

CHAPTER XXX

THE LETTER

CHAPTER XXXI

M. POIZAT AGAIN

CHAPTER XXXII

THE CALL

CHAPTER XXXIII

A LETTER FROM ABROAD

CHAPTER XXXIV

THE CONVICT AT THE OAR

CHAPTER XXXV

THE LITTLE BIT EXTRA

CHAPTER XXXVI

THE TELEGRAM

CHAPTER XXXVII

THE LAST

The End

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A. E. W. Mason

Published by Good Press, 2021

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It was the season of the baths at Punta del Inca. The hotel was full and James Challoner prospered, as from the beginning he had thought that he would. He had reckoned upon Punta del Inca on that night in Valparaiso when he had determined upon his journey. He sat by the natural bridge, with his little daughter in his arms, a travel-stained and patient figure, and amongst those gigantic hills he told his moving story to such as passed and would listen. He went up to the hotel at night, and under the lights of the veranda he told it again. Amongst the many qualities which he misused was a vivid gift of narrative, and he possessed, at this time at all events, a gentle voice with an admirable note of emotion. Thus all was in his favor. The beauty and peace of the scenery, his manner, the prettiness of his child--even the story which he had to tell. But it was not quite the story which would have been told at Valparaiso where, to be sure, he had, as we know, enemies.

"Why did you come to South America?" some curious soul would ask.

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