Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=nj4VAAAAQAAJ (Oxford University) MIRACLE GOLD. New Novels at the Libraries. * * * * * MARVEL. By the Author of "Molly Bawn." 3 vols. FOR FREEDOM. By TIGHE HOPKINS. 2 vols. MOLLY'S STORY; a Family History. 3 vols. AN ADVENTURESS. 2 vols. LADY STELLA AND HER LOVER. 3 vols. ONE MAID'S MISCHIEF. By G. M. FENN. 3 vols. UNCLE BOB'S NIECE. By LESLIE KEITH. 3 vols. A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS. By C. FOTHERGILL. 3 vols. * * * * * WARD & DOWNEY, PUBLISHERS, LONDON. MIRACLE GOLD. A Novel. BY RICHARD DOWLING, AUTHOR OF "The Mystery of Killard," "The Weird Sisters," "Tempest Driven," "Under St. Paul's," &c. _IN THREE VOLUMES_. VOL. II. LONDON: WARD AND DOWNEY, 12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C. 1888. [_All rights reserved_.] PRINTED BY KELLY AND CO., GATE STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, AND KINGSTON-ON-THAMES. CONTENTS. CHAP. XIV.--Spirit and Flesh. XV.--A Substitute for Gold. XVI.--Red Herrings. XVII.--Dinner at Curzon Street. XVIII.--In the Dark. XIX.--Mrs. Hanbury. XX.--John Hanbury Alone. XXI.--Timmons's Tea and Leigh's Dinner. XXII.--A Quarter Past Twelve. XXIII.--An Early Visitor to Timmons. XXIV.--Gracedieu, Derbyshire. XXV.--Two of a Race. XXVI.--The End of Day. MIRACLE GOLD. MIRACLE GOLD. CHAPTER XIV. SPIRIT AND FLESH.