Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: http://archive.org/details/61248333.2041.emory.edu (Emory University) AN ISLE OF SURREY. A Novel. BY RICHARD DOWLING, AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERY OF KILLARD," "THE DUKE'S SWEETHEART," "UNDER ST. PAUL'S," "MIRACLE GOLD," ETC. * * * * * * * * * * _NEW EDITION_. * * * * * * * * * * WARD AND DOWNEY, 12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, W.C. 1891. PRINTED BY KELLY AND CO., MIDDLE MILL, KINGSTON-ON-THAMES AND GATE STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, W.C. CONTENTS CHAP. I.--Welford Bridge. II.--Crawford's House. III.--The Pine Groves of Leeham. IV.--The Missing Man. V.--A Second Apparition. VI.--Crawford's Investigations. VII.--A Visitor at Boland's Ait. VIII.--Father and Son. IX.--Crawford's Home. X.--Father and Son. XI.--"Can I Play with that Little Boy?" XII.--Philip Ray at Richmond. XIII.--An Invitation Accepted. XIV.--The Fire at Richmond. XV.--How William Goddard changed his Name. XVI.--At Play. XVII.--The Postman's Hail. XVIII.--Private Theatricals. XIX.--The Tow-path by Night. XX.--A Hostage at Crawford's House. XXI.--Crawford Sells a Patent. XXII.--William Crawford's Nightmare. XXIII.--"Man Overboard!" XXIV.--Reward for a Life. XXV.--A New Visitor at Crawford's House. XXVI.--A Bridge of Sighs. XXVII.--A Last Resolve. XXVIII.--William Crawford's Luck. XXIX.--An Intruder upon the Ait. XXX.--Hetty's Visit to the Ait. XXXI.--By the Boy's Bedside. XXXII.--Bramwell finds a Sister. XXXIII.--"I must go to fetch her Home." XXXIV.--Crawford's Plans for the Future. XXXV.--Husband and Wife. XXXVI.--Tea at Crawford's House. XXXVII.--Crawford Writes Home. XXXVIII.--William Crawford Free. XXXIX.--Crawford is Sleepless. XL.--Crawford Sleeps AN ISLE OF SURREY. CHAPTER I. WELFORD BRIDGE. There was not a cloud in the heavens. The sun lay low in the west. The eastern sky of a May evening was growing from blue to a violet dusk. Not a breath of wind stirred. It was long past the end of the workman's day.