------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. Bold text and text in blackletter font are delimited with ‘=’. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. KITTY ALONE MORRISON AND GIBB, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH KITTY ALONE A STORY OF THREE FIRES BY S. BARING GOULD AUTHOR OF “IN THE ROAR OF THE SEA” “THE QUEEN OF LOVE” “MEHALAH” “CHEAP JACK ZITA” ETC. ETC. IN THREE VOLUMES VOL. II METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET, W.C. LONDON 1894 CONTENTS OF VOL. II ---------- CHAP. PAGE XIX. SUGGESTIONS OF EVIL 7 XX. A FACE IN THE WATER 19 XXI. AN OFFER 28 XXII. A RACE FOR LIFE 37 XXIII. BORROWING 45 XXIV. SHAVINGS 55 XXV. BORROWING AGAIN 64 XXVI. SILVER PENINKS 73 XXVII. TROUBLE 83 XXVIII. ALTERNATIVES 92 XXIX. A FRIEND GAINED 104 XXX. UNDER THE MULBERRY TREE 111 XXXI. ON MISCHIEF BENT 122 XXXII. JASON IN THE WAY 132 XXXIII. ONE CRIME LEADS TO ANOTHER 140 XXXIV. AND YET ANOTHER 149 XXXV. UNSUCCESSFUL 159 XXXVI. ALL IN VAIN 168 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ KITTY ALONE CHAPTER XIX SUGGESTIONS OF EVIL