Produced by Charles Bowen from page scans provided by Google Books Transcriber's Note: 1. Page scan source: Web Archive https://ia801701.us.archive.org/19/items/ 15553140.2979.emory.edu/15553140_2979.pdf (Emory University) RUNNING THE GAUNTLET. A Novel, BY EDMUND YATES, AUTHOR OF "BLACK SHEEP," "KISSING THE ROD," ETC. FORTITER--FIDELITER--FELICITER. New Edition. LONDON: GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, THE BROADWAY, LUDGATE. NEW YORK: 416, BROOME STREET. 1867. ------------------------------ JOHN CHILDS AND SON, PRINTERS. TO NICHOLAS HERBERT HARRINGTON, OLD COMRADE AND TRIED FRIEND. CONTENTS. CHAP. I. NEWS. II. MORE NEWS. III. AT THE PARTHENIUM. IV. IN THE SMOKING-ROOM. V. GEORGIE. VI. THE GRAYS. VII. WHAT HAD DETAINED SIR CHARLES. VIII. KISMET. IX. MR. EFFINGHAM'S PROCEEDINGS. X. SOUVENT FEMME VARIE. XI. DOWN AT REDMOOR. XII. DRAWING COVER. XIII. SIR CHARLES'S VISIT. XIV. IN THE TOILS. XV. EGREMONT PRIORY. XVI. CHECK. XVII. COUNTERCHECK. XVIII. IN THE DRAWING-ROOM. XIX. DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. XX. CHECKMATE. XXI. COLONEL ALSAGER'S COUNSEL. XXII. KNOCKHOLT PARK. XXIII. LORD DOLLAMORE'S COUNSEL. XXIV. MR. EFFINGHAM'S PROGRESS. XXV. A CRISIS AT REDMOOR. XXVI. MR. WUFF'S "NEW STAR." XXVII. LOVE AND DUTY. XXVIII. SIR LAURENCE'S LETTER. XXIX. A "TERCEL GENTLE." XXX. NATURE AND ART. XXXI. AMONG THE SPRINGS. XXXII. REAPING THE WHIRLWIND. XXXIII. LAST WORDS. RUNNING THE GAUNTLET. CHAPTER I. NEWS.