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Theodore Goodridge Roberts. Rayton: A Backwoods Mystery
Rayton: A Backwoods Mystery
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
THE GAME THAT WAS NOT FINISHED
"JIM HARLEY SNATCHED UP THE CARD"
CHAPTER II
JIM HARLEY TELLS AN OLD STORY
CHAPTER III
DAVID MARSH DECIDES TO SPEAK—AND DOESN'T
CHAPTER IV
THE TRAPPER'S CONFESSION
CHAPTER V
DOCTOR NASH'S SUSPICIONS—YOUNG MARSH'S MISFORTUNE
"HE ADVANCED SLOWLY, PAINFULLY, A PITIFUL FIGURE"
CHAPTER VI
DAVID TAKES A MISFORTUNE IN A POOR SPIRIT
CHAPTER VII
MR. BANKS TAKES A HAND IN THE GAME
CHAPTER VIII
RAYTON GOES TO BORROW A SAUCEPAN
CHAPTER IX
RAYTON CONFESSES
CHAPTER X
RED CROSSES AGAIN
CHAPTER XI
AN UNFORTUNATE MOMENT FOR THE DOCTOR
"PLUNGED AT RAYTON, WITH HIS FISTS FLYING"
CHAPTER XII
RAYTON IS REMINDED OF THE RED CROSSES
CHAPTER XIII
CAPTAIN WIGMORE SUGGESTS AN AMAZING THING
CHAPTER XIV
FEAR FORGOTTEN—AND RECALLED
"'IT IS BECAUSE—BECAUSE I CARE SO FOR YOU—'"
CHAPTER XV
MR. BANKS IS STUNG
CHAPTER XVI
THE LITTLE CAT AND THE BIG MOUSE
"THEN HE HALTED AND RECOILED, CLUTCHING AT THE COLD WALLS!"
CHAPTER XVII
AN ASTONISHING DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XVIII
DICK GOODINE RETURNS UNEXPECTEDLY
CHAPTER XIX
THE CAPTAIN'S CHARGE
CHAPTER XX
THE CHOSEN INSTRUMENT OF FATE
CHAPTER XXI
THE DEATH OF THE CURSE
CHAPTER XXII
IN THE WAY OF HAPPINESS
THE END
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Theodore Goodridge Roberts
Published by Good Press, 2021
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"It is bad enough," returned the other, "but it is not disgraceful. I must tell it to you, Davy, and then you can think over what happened to-night and work it out for yourself. It's only right that you should know all that I can tell you—and then, if you think it all foolishness, it's your own funeral."
David could not see his companion's face in the darkness, though he fairly strained his eyes to make it out. He wet his dry lips with his tongue. "I'm listening," he said, and forced an uneasy laugh.
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