CONTENTS Chapter Page I. Dust to Dust 1 II. The Chief Mourner 11 III. A Confession 18 IV. Midsummer Night 29 V. The Man Alone 45 VI. Fire 51 VII. The Sinner's Prayer 66 VIII. The Lord of the Manor 77 IX. A Duel Begins 89 X. The Letter of the Law 100 XI. Labour of Hercules 115 XII. A Fresh Discovery 125 XIII. Devices of a Castaway 131 XIV. The Last Resort 137 XV. His Own Lawyer 150 XVI. End of the Duel 162 XVII. Three Weeks and a Night 186 XVIII. The Night's Work 193 XIX. The First Winter 209 XX. The Way of Peace 230 XXI. At the Flint House 249 XXII. A Little Child 262 XXIII. Design and Accident 275 XXIV. Glamour and Rue 291 XXV. Signs of Change 306 XXVI. A Very Few Words 316 XXVII. An Escape 323 XXVIII. The Turning Tide 335 XXIX. A Haven of Hearts 348 XXX. The Woman's Hour 362 XXXI. Advent Eve 378 XXXII. The Second Time 390 XXXIII. Sanctuary 397 THE THOUSANDTH WOMAN By Ernest W. Hornung Illustrated By Frank Snapp CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. A Small World 1 II. Second Sight 16 III. In the Train 29 IV. Down the River 42 V. An Untimely Visitor 64 VI. Voluntary Service 83 VII. After Michelangelo 98 VIII. Finger-Prints 117 IX. Fair Warning 134 X. The Week of Their Lives 146 XI. In Country and In Town 156 XII. The Thousandth Man 169 XIII. Quid Pro Quo 181 XIV. Faith Unfaithful 205 XV. The Person Unknown 214 TINY LUTTRELL By Ernest W. Hornung CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. The Coming of Tiny, 1 II. Swift of Wallandoon, 21 III. The Tail of the Season, 44 IV. Ruth and Christina, 63 V. Essingham Rectory, 84 VI. A Matter of Ancient History, 102 VII. The Shadow of the Hall, 116 VIII. Countess Dromard at Home, 133 IX. Mother and Son, 148 X. A Threatening Dawn, 162 XI. In the Ladies' Tent, 176 XII. Ordeal by Battle, 193 XIII. Her Hour of Triumph, 213 XIV. A Cycle of Moods, 233 XV. The Invisible Ideal, 248 XVI. Foreign Soil, 263 XVII. The High Seas, 286 XVIII. The Third Time of Asking, 306 XIX. Counsel's Opinion, 317 XX. In Honor Bound, 327 XXI. A Deaf Ear, 339 XXII. Summum Bonum, 348 MY LORD DUKE By E. W. Hornung CONTENTS I. The Head of the Family 1 II. "Happy Jack" 16 III. A Chance Lost 31 IV. Not in the Programme 44 V. With the Elect 63 VI. A New Leaf 77 VII. The Duke's Progress 90 VIII. The Old Adam 105 IX. An Anonymous Letter 122 X. "Dead Nuts" 137 XI. The Night of the Twentieth 151 XII. The Wrong Man 163 XIII. The Interregnum 180 XIV. Jack and his Master 189 XV. End of the Interregnum 199 XVI. "Love the Gift" 215 XVII. An Anti-Toxine 223 XVIII. Heckling a Minister 233 XIX. The Cat and the Mouse 244 XX. "Love the Debt" 257 XXI. The Bar Sinister 266 XXII. De Mortuis 282 THE CRIME DOCTOR By Ernest W. Hornung