GOSHEN, CONN.--A LADY STRANGER THERE--A PILGRIMAGE TO GOSHEN, VIA THE FAR-FAMED MOUNTAIN TOWN OF LITCHFIELD--THE BEAUTIFUL WIDOW--AN UNPLEASANT REMINISCENCE OF DR. IVES, LATE BISHOP OF NORTH CAROLINA--MORE ABOUT THE WIDOW--SHE LEAVES FOR NEW YORK--AT THE "MANSION HOUSE," LITCHFIELD--A MARKED CHARACTER ENCOUNTERED THERE--MR. "C. B. LE ROY" STUDIED AND WEIGHED--THE BEAUTIFUL WIDOW AND LE ROY MEET--HER FACE DISCLOSES CONFLICTING EMOTIONS--MR. LE ROY AND THE BEAUTIFUL WIDOW, MRS. STEVENS, TAKE A WALK DOWN SOUTH STREET, IN THE "PARADISE OF LOAFERS"--SYMPATHIES SILENTLY EXCHANGED--WE ALL START FOR THE "STATION"--THE STAGE-COACH "TURNS OVER"--THE AFFRIGHTED LE ROY REVEALS HIS MANNERS--A PECULIAR SCENE IN THE CARS--AT BRIDGEPORT I PRESENT MYSELF TO MRS. STEVENS--AT NEW YORK AGAIN--A TALE OF COMPLICATIONS--MRS. STEVENS IN DEEP TROUBLE--A FRIEND OF HERS SEEKS ME--REVELATIONS--A FEARFUL STORY--A SECRET MARRIAGE AND UNHAPPY CONSEQUENCES--THE WRETCH LE ROY WANTS THE WIDOW'S MONEY--A TRAP SET FOR LE ROY--HE FALLS INTO IT--WEDDING SCENE DISARRANGED--THE WIDOW SAVED, AND THE INTENDED FORCED MARRIAGE DEFEATED. 387 =THE MARKED BILLS.= A LITTLE KEY BEARING A MONOGRAM SHAPES THE DESTINY OF AN INTELLIGENT MAN--HOW THIS MAN CAME TO BE INVOLVED IN THE MATTER OF WHICH THIS TALE DISCOURSES--MY PARTNER AND I--FAR-OFF MYSTERIES MAY SOLVE NEARER ONES--A CONSULTATION--A COMMITTEE "SEEK LIGHT," AND FIND CONSOLATION--BURGLARIES AND HIGHWAY ROBBERIES BY THE WHOLESALE--MY PARTNER LEAVES FOR EUROPE--A TOWN IN OHIO INFESTED--A "DOCTOR HUDSON" APPEARS IN THE TOWN--HE MAKES A PROFESSIONAL VISIT TO ONE MR. PERKINS--A COLLOQUY; SEEKING LIGHT--A CALLOUS HAND, AND A CLEW TO MYSTERIES--"DOCTOR HUDSON" EXTENDS HIS ACQUAINTANCESHIP--HE MAKES A NIGHT'S VISIT OUT OF TOWN, AND GETS WAYLAID AND ROBBED, BUT MANAGES TO CREATE THE FATAL EVIDENCE HE WANTS OF THE ROBBERS' IDENTITY--A COUNCIL OF PRINCIPAL CITIZENS--"DOCTOR HUDSON" MAKES A DISCLOSURE--A SCHEME LAID--A "MILITARY INVESTMENT" OF A DOMESTIC FORTRESS; AN EXCITING HOUR--BREAKING INTO A HOUSE AT MIDNIGHT AND SURPRISING A SLEEPER--THE THIEF LEAVES TOWN TO GO TO CINCINNATI TO STUDY MEDICINE WITH "DOCTOR HUDSON"--A SUICIDE--PURITANIC MERCILESSNESS--THE MUSIC TEACHER'S INGENIOUS LETTER TO HIS LADY LOVE. 414 =THE COOL-BLOODED GOLD ROBBER.=