CHAPTER XIV. A QUEER STORY QUEERLY TOLD

EPILOGUE.

THE MANDARIN'S FAN By Fergus Hume CONTENTS CHAPTER. PAGE. I. THE ADVERTISEMENT 1 II. DR. FORGE 13 III. MISS WHARF AT HOME 27 IV. RUPERT'S SECRET 40 V. CONCERNING THE FAN 53 VI. URGH'S STORY 65 VII. THE WARNING 78 VIII. THE BEGINNING OF THE BALL 90 IX. THE END OF THE BALL 104 X. A MYSTERIOUS CASE 118 XI. THE CANTON ADVENTURE 132 XII. AT THE INQUEST 147 XIII. THE WILL 160 XIV. A MYSTERIOUS LETTER 172 XV. THE ROTHERHITHE DEN 185 XVI. THE FAN MYSTERY 196 XVII. A DISAPPEARANCE 208 XVIII. A SURPRISE 220 XIX. A VISITOR 232 XX. THE MANDARIN EXPLAINS 244 XXI. WHO IS GUILTY? 259 XXII. AFTER EVENTS 274 XXIII. THE CHASE 287 XXIV. THE FULFILLED PROPHECY 300

A SON OF PERDITION AN OCCULT ROMANCE By Fergus Hume CONTENTS I. Love in Idleness 1 II. The Prophecy 16 III. The Fulfilment 31 IV. Plotting 47 V. The Meeting 66 VI. A Conversation 83 VII. Behind the Scenes 99 VIII. Love's Young Dream 112 IX. The Warning 128 X. In Cornwall 144 XI. The Spider and the Fly 160 XII. Small Beer Chronicles 177 XIII. Further Small Beer Chronicles 196 XIV. Preparation 215 XV. The Trance 231 XVI. The Disciple of Love 248 XVII. The Disciple of Hate 267 XVIII. The Night Before 282 XIX. The Morning After 298 XX. The Unexpected 317 XXI. The Choice 333 XXII. Right is Might 350 XXIII. The Eternal Strife 368 XXIV. Dawn 386

THE RED WINDOW By Fergus Hume

CONTENTS I. Comrades 9 II. Sir Simon Gore 23 III. The Will 38 IV. A Strange Adventure 50 V. Lost in the Darkness 64 VI. A Maiden Gentlewoman 77 VII. Bernard's Friends 90 VIII. Bernard's Enemies 103 IX. At Cove Castle 115 X. A Statement of the Case 129 XI. Mrs. Gilroy's Past 142 XII. The New Page 155 XIII. A Consultation 170 XIV. Love in Exile 183 XV. The Past of Alice 195 XVI. The Unexpected 208 XVII. The Diary 221 XVIII. Tolomeo's Story 232 XIX. Plots and Counterplots 245 XX. A Confession 259 XXI. Young Judas 276 XXII. The Truth 291 XXIII. A Year Later 309

THE HARLEQUIN OPAL A ROMANCE Fergus Hume CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I.— Chums 1 II.— The Devil Stone 27 III.— "The Bohemian" 54 IV.— In the Track of Columbus 78 V.— Don Miguel Is Communicative 100 VI.— Chalchuih Tlatonac 125 VII.— Dolores 152 VIII.— Viva El Republica 177 IX.— The Call To Arms 201 X.— Padre Ignatius 221 XI.— The Drama of Little Things 238 XII.— A Strange Disappearance 262

THE HARLEQUIN OPAL A ROMANCE By Fergus Hume

CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I.— Away to the North 1 II.— Acauhtzin 21 III.— Don Hypolito Xuarez 37 IV.— Rivals 58 V.— In Shadowland 81 VI.— The Shrine of the Opal 104 VII.— An Unexpected Meeting 130 VIII.— An Indian Festival 153 IX.— The Fugitives 184 X.— Fortune turns her Wheel 210 XI.— Away to the Front 233 XII.— A Naval Engagement—New Style 257 XIII.— Without the Walls 278

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