The Wizard of West Penwith: A Tale of the Land's-End

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William Bentinck Forfar. The Wizard of West Penwith: A Tale of the Land's-End

The Wizard of West Penwith: A Tale of the Land's-End

Table of Contents

PREFACE

CHAPTER I. MR. FREEMAN

CHAPTER II. THE WRECK NEAR THE LAND'S-END

CHAPTER III. ALRINA

CHAPTER IV. THE UNEXPECTED MEETING

CHAPTER V. JOHN BROWN AND HIS FAVOURITE MARE "JESSIE."

CHAPTER VI. THE FAMILY PARTY

CHAPTER VII. "MURDER MOST FOUL."

CHAPTER VIII. THE LAND'S-END CONJUROR

CHAPTER IX. LOVE AND MYSTERY

CHAPTER X. ALRINA'S TROUBLES INCREASE

CHAPTER XI. FREDERICK MORLEY OBSTINATELY DETERMINES ON RIDING THE MARE

CHAPTER XII. THE AWFUL RIDE

CHAPTER XIII. ITS CONSEQUENCES

CHAPTER XIV. MRS. BROWN TELLS THE CONJUROR A BIT OF HER MIND

CHAPTER XV. THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER AT THE PENZANCE BALL

CHAPTER XVI. JOSIAH'S ASTONISHMENT AT THE EFFECT PRODUCED BY THE DISPLAY OF HIS TREASURE-TROVE

CHAPTER XVII. THE BORROWED FEATHERS OF THE PEACOCK FAIL TO CONCEAL ENTIRELY THE NATURAL PLUMAGE OF THE JACKDAW

CHAPTER XVIII. THE BIRDS HAVE TAKEN FLIGHT

CHAPTER XIX. THE MYSTERIOUS ENCOUNTER

CHAPTER XX. ARISTOCRATIC CONNECTIONS

CHAPTER XXI. THE LOVE-CHASE

CHAPTER XXII. ALRINA'S FIRST LOVE-LETTER

CHAPTER XXIII. THE SECRET

CHAPTER XXIV. "MAN IS BORN TO TROUBLE AND DISAPPOINTMENT, AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS."

CHAPTER XXV. RETROSPECTION AND RECRIMINATION

CHAPTER XXVI. SQUIRE PENDRAY GETS ON HIS STILTS, AND VIEWS LIEUT. FOWLER FROM A LOFTY EMINENCE

CHAPTER XXVII. THE STEP IN THE WRONG DIRECTION

CHAPTER XXVIII. BY DOING A LITTLE WRONG, A GREAT GOOD IS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE END

CHAPTER XXIX. MRS. BROWN AND MRS. TRENOW INDULGE IN A CROOM O' CHAT. WHILE CAP'N TRENOW GIVES SOME SAGE ADVICE IN ANOTHER QUARTER

CHAPTER XXX. THE TWO SISTERS PIERCED THROUGH THE HEART

CHAPTER XXXI. OUT OF SCYLLA AND INTO CHARYBDIS

CHAPTER XXXII. ALRINA'S TROUBLES ARE INCREASED BY AN UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY

CHAPTER XXXIII. ALRINA VISITS A KIND FRIEND AND MAKES A PROPOSAL

CHAPTER XXXIV. CAPTAIN COURLAND'S RETURN AND HIS WIFE'S ANXIETY

CHAPTER XXXV. THE DESPERATE PLUNGE

CHAPTER XXXVI. THE BROKEN REED

CHAPTER XXXVII. JOSIAH'S LONELY MIDNIGHT WATCH IN THE CONJUROR'S HOUSE

CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE SEARCH

CHAPTER XXXIX. THE UNEXPECTED MEETING AND MYSTERIOUS COMMUNICATION

CHAPTER XL. MISS PENDRAY'S SINGULAR ACCIDENT

CHAPTER XLI. MYSTERIOUS SOUNDS ARE HEARD ISSUING OUT OF THE EARTH AT MIDNIGHT. THE CURIOUS COTTAGE ON THE HEATH

CHAPTER XLII. THE POOR DUMB GIRL'S SUDDEN RESOLVE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

CHAPTER XLIII. THE CONFESSION

CHAPTER XLIV. MRS. BROWN ENJOYS ANOTHER CROOM O' CHAT WITH MRS. TRENOW, AND RECEIVES AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR

CHAPTER XLV. AN AWFUL CATASTROPHE

CHAPTER XLVI. THE DREADED INTERVIEW

CHAPTER XLVII. MYSTERIES EXPLAINED

CHAPTER XLVIII. A BRILLIANT CORNISH DIAMOND DISCOVERED AND PLACED IN A GOLDEN CASKET

CHAPTER XLIX. THE WEDDING BELLS

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William Bentinck Forfar

Published by Good Press, 2019

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"Yes!" said the gentleman, hastily; "but I bribed the other girl, who was not so scrupulous, to manage one more meeting, as it was the last night before my departure, and she faithfully promised to do so."

"Circumstances seemed to thwart us in every way," replied Alrina. "The young lady who slept in my room was suddenly taken ill, just after we went to bed, and the servant who betrayed us before was desired to remain with her all night, so that I was a prisoner."

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