Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter. Lawrence L. Lynch

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."

       THE END.

      

"Lucian Davlin was among the arrivals, and at the end of the depot platform stood the dainty phæton of Mrs. John Arthur."—page 229.

MADELINE PAYNE,

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THE DETECTIVE'S DAUGHTER.

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CHAPTER I.

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MAN PROPOSES.

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      "H'm! And you scarcely remember your mother, I suppose?"

      "No, Lucian; I was such a mere babe when she died, I have often wondered what it would be like to have a mother. Auntie Hagar was always very kind to me, however; so kind, in fact, that my step-father, fearing,