Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter
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Lynch Lawrence L.. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter
CHAPTER I. MAN PROPOSES
CHAPTER II. THE OLD TREE'S REVELATIONS
CHAPTER III. THE STORY OF A CRIME
CHAPTER IV. THE DIE IS CAST
CHAPTER V. A SHREWD SCHEME
CHAPTER VI. A WARNING
CHAPTER VII. A STRUGGLE FOR MORE THAN LIFE
CHAPTER VIII. THREADS OF THE FABRIC
CHAPTER IX. GONE!
CHAPTER X. BONNIE, BEWITCHING CLAIRE
CHAPTER XI. A GLEAM OF LIGHT
CHAPTER XII. A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD
CHAPTER XIII. MISS ARTHUR'S FRENCH MAID
CHAPTER XIV. WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS
CHAPTER XV. CORA AND THE FRENCH MAID MEASURE SWORDS
CHAPTER XVI. FACE TO FACE
CHAPTER XVII. GATHERING CLUES
CHAPTER XVIII. THE HAND OF FRIENDSHIP WIELDS THE SURGEON'S KNIFE
CHAPTER XIX. A DUAL RENUNCIATION
CHAPTER XX. STRUGGLING AGAINST FATE
CHAPTER XXI. HAGAR AND CORA
CHAPTER XXII. TO BE, TO DO, TO SUFFER
CHAPTER XXIII. SETTING SOME SNARES
CHAPTER XXIV. A VERITABLE GHOST
CHAPTER XXV. SOME DAYS OF WAITING
CHAPTER XXVI. NOT A BAD DAY'S WORK
CHAPTER XXVII. CLAIRE TURNS CIRCE
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE CURTAIN RISES ON THE MIMIC STAGE
CHAPTER XXIX. A STARTLING EPISODE
CHAPTER XXX. WAITING
CHAPTER XXXI. MR. PERCY SHAKES HIMSELF
CHAPTER XXXII. A SILKEN BELT
CHAPTER XXXIII. CROSS PURPOSES
CHAPTER XXXIV. A SLIGHT COMPLICATION
CHAPTER XXXV "THOU SHALT NOT SERVE TWO MASTERS" SET AT NAUGHT
CHAPTER XXXVI. MR. LORD'S LETTER
CHAPTER XXXVII "I HAVE COME BACK TO MY OWN!"
CHAPTER XXXVIII. CORA UNDER ORDERS
CHAPTER XXXIX. MYSTIFIED PEOPLE
CHAPTER XL. DAVLIN'S "POINTS."
CHAPTER XLI. THE DAYS PASS BY
CHAPTER XLII. A STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM
CHAPTER XLIII. THE DOCTOR'S WOOING
CHAPTER XLIV. A FRESH COMPLICATION
CHAPTER XLV. MRS. RALSTON'S STORY
CHAPTER XLVI. CORA "STIRS UP THE ANIMALS."
CHAPTER XLVII. THE BEGINNING OF THE END
CHAPTER XLVIII. THE SWORD OF FATE
CHAPTER XLIX. AS THE FOOL DIETH
CHAPTER L "AND THEN COMES REST."
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Meanwhile, strange feelings filled the heart, and troublesome thoughts the head, of Madeline Payne.
She looked about her sorrowfully. The leafy wood seemed one of her oldest, truest friends. Since her mother's death, she had lived, save for the faithful regard of old Hagar, an unloved life. In the only home she knew, she felt herself an object of dislike, and met only cold neglect, or rude repulsion. So she had made a friend of the shady wood, and welcomed back the birds, in early Springtime, with joyful anticipation of Summer rest under green branches, lulled and soothed by their songs.
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"Pardon me, sir, you are too fast. Mr. Adams has not offered himself."
"Nonsense," – Mr. Arthur suddenly forgot his politeness – "haven't I just stated his offer?"
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