CONTENTS I The Physician Who Healed Himself 1 II The Life-Preserver 40 III A Hopeless Case 77 IV The Golden Key 118 V A Schoolmaster Abroad 159 VI One Possessed 199 VII The Doctor's Assistant 237 VIII The Second Murderer 272 DENIS DENT By Ernest W. Hornung CONTENTS Chapter Page I. The Second Officer 1 II. Sauve Qui Peut 10 III. The Castaways 18 IV. Lost and Found 30 V. A Touch of Fever 37 VI. New Conditions 48 VII. Denis and Nan 57 VIII. Cold Water 70 IX. The Canvas City 79 X. Thieves in the Night 90 XI. Strange Bedfellows 102 XII. El Dorado 114 XIII. The Enemy's Camp 122 XIV. The First Claim 133 XV. A Pious Fraud 146 XVI. A Windfall 158 XVII. Hate and Money 168 XVIII. Rotten Gully 178 XIX. New Blood 187 XX. The Jeweler's Shop 196 XXI. The Courier of Death 211 XXII. Atra Cura 220 XXIII. Broken Off 231 XXIV. Death's Door 243 XXV. Beat of Drum 251 XXVI. Homeward Bound 265 XXVII. The Great Gulf 277 XXVIII. News of Battle 289 XXIX. Guy Fawkes Day 299 XXX. The Sandbag Battery 310 XXXI. Time's Whirligig 319 A BRIDE FROM THE BUSH By Ernest Wm. Hornung CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. A LETTER FROM ALFRED 9 II. HOME IN STYLE 24 III. PINS AND NEEDLES 35 IV. A TASTE OF HER QUALITY 49 V. GRANVILLE ON THE SITUATION 61 VI. COMPARING NOTES 71 VII. IN RICHMOND PARK 81 VIII. GRAN’S REVENGE 96 IX. E TENEBRIS LUX 112 X. PLAIN SAILING 129 XI. A THUNDER-CLAP 142 XII. PAST PARDON 151 XIII. A SOCIAL INFLICTION 160 XIV. ‘HEAR MY PRAYER!’ 172 XV. THE FIRST PARTING 186 XVI. TRACES 194 XVII. WAITING FOR THE WORST 209 XVIII. THE BOUNDARY-RIDER OF THE YELKIN PADDOCK 228 XIX. ANOTHER LETTER FROM ALFRED 244 THE BOSS OF TAROOMBA By E. W. Hornung CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE The Little Musician 1 CHAPTER II A Friend Indeed 13 CHAPTER III "Hard Times" 25 CHAPTER IV The Treasure in the Store 41 CHAPTER V Masterless Men 55 [Pg xvi] CHAPTER VI £500 71 CHAPTER VII The Ringer of the Shed 83 CHAPTER VIII "Three Shadows" 102 CHAPTER IX No Hope for Him 120 CHAPTER X Missing 138 CHAPTER XI Lost in the Bush 152 CHAPTER XII Fallen Among Thieves 162 [Pg xvii] CHAPTER XIII A Smoking Concert 179 CHAPTER XIV The Raid on the Station 194 CHAPTER XV The Night Attack 210 CHAPTER XVI In the Midst of Death 232