Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: http://archive.org/details/tempestdrivenrom01dowl (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) TEMPEST-DRIVEN TEMPEST-DRIVEN A Romance. BY RICHARD DOWLING, AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERY OF KILLARD," "THE WEIRD SISTERS," "THE SPORT OF FATE," "UNDER ST. PAUL'S," "THE DUKE'S SWEETHEART," "SWEET INISFAIL," "THE HIDDEN FLAME," ETC. _IN THREE VOLUMES_. VOL. I. LONDON: TINSLEY BROTHERS, 8 CATHERINE ST., STRAND. 1886. [_All rights reserved_.] CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS, CRYSTAL PLACE PRESS. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. IN THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT. CHAPTER II. FOUL PLAY? CHAPTER III. HINTS OF EARLY HISTORY. CHAPTER IV. SEEKING HELP. CHAPTER V. PRINGLE UNANSWERED. CHAPTER VI. HER SUDDEN RESOLVE. CHAPTER VII. LIGHT AFTER DARKNESS. CHAPTER VIII. MR. DAVENPORT'S ACCOUNT OF THE MATTER. CHAPTER IX. "WHICH OF US IS MAD?" CHAPTER X. THE ELDER PRINGLE SPEAKS. CHAPTER XI. "MRS. DAVENPORT WAS CALLED." CHAPTER XII. ANOTHER WITNESS. CHAPTER XIII. BLAKE'S EVIDENCE. CHAPTER XIV. ALFRED PAULTON'S WALK. CHAPTER XV. "I SHALL BE READY FOR MY DEATH WHEN THEY ARE READY FOR IT!" CHAPTER XVI. THE VERDICT. CHAPTER XVII. JERRY O'BRIEN'S PROPHECY. TEMPEST-TOSSED CHAPTER I. IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT.