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John Monk Foster. A Miner's Million
A Miner's Million
Table of Contents
Author of "Carchester's Vengeance," "For Love and Gold," "A Poor Man's Tragedy," &c
CHAPTER I.—THE PLAY BEGINS
CHAPTER II.—JACOB GRAY'S WILLS
CHAPTER III.—FIVE YEARS AFTER
CHAPTER IV.—LOST AND FOUND
CHAPTER V.—WOOING
CHAPTER VI.—URRARIRO CREEK
CHAPTER VII.—"TWENTY-FIVES."
CHAPTER VIII.—THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL
CHAPTER IX.—LOST BY A NECK
CHAPTER X.—TESTING HIMSELF
CHAPTER XI.—A FACE FROM THE PAST
CHAPTER XII.—ALICE
CHAPTER XIII.—THE SINS OF HIS YOUTH
CHAPTER XIV.—IN THE OLD LIBRARY
CHAPTER XV.—WALTER AND RUTH
CHAPTER XVI.—A CUP OF TEA
CHAPTER XVII.—A GLASS OF WINE
CHAPTER XVIII.—AFTER THE MIST
CHAPTER XIX.—A PILGRIM OF LOVE
CHAPTER XX.—DEAR OLD PALS
CHAPTER XXI.—DISASTER AFTER DISASTER
CHAPTER XXII.—THE UNKNOWN FRIEND
CHAPTER XXIII.—"If I were loved as I desire to be."
CHAPTER XXIV.—THE UNKNOWN FRIEND DISCOVERED
CHAPTER XXV.—FINESSING
CHAPTER XXVI.—ANOTHER CONQUEST
CHAPTER XXVII.—A PERFECT WIFE
CHAPTER XXVIII.—A SPECTRE OF THE PAST
CHAPTER XXIX.—THE OLD CABINET
CHAPTER XXX.—WHERE THEN IS ALICE?
CHAPTER XXXI.—THE HOLE IN THE WALL
CHAPTER XXXII.—UNDER THE PRIORY
CHAPTER XXXIII.—THE SECRET STAIRCASE
CHAPTER XXXIV.—HER LADYSHIP'S RETURN
CHAPTER XXXV.—ALICE GRAY IS FOUND
CHAPTER XXXVI.—COWARD CONSCIENCE
CHAPTER XXXVII.—EACH LIFE IS A TRAGEDY AT ITS CLOSE
THE END
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John Monk Foster
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Lifting down the work he wanted, Walter tapped it smartly against the table, to shake off the thick coat of dust, and as he did so a slip of paper, which had once been white, fluttered to the floor at his feet. The top of the paper was exposed to his sight, and he could not help reading the following words as he stooped to pick up the paper,
"THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JACOB GRAY, MINEOWNER, TORLEIGH, LANCASHIRE."
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