CONTENTS CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER XVI. CHAPTER XVII. CHAPTER XVIII. CHAPTER XIX. CHAPTER XX. CHAPTER XXI. CHAPTER XXII. CHAPTER XXIII. CHAPTER XXIV. CHAPTER XXV. CHAPTER XXVI. CHAPTER XXVII. CHAPTER XXVIII. CHAPTER XXIX. CHAPTER XXX. CHAPTER XXXI. CHAPTER XXXII. CHAPTER XXXIII. CHAPTER XXXIV. CHAPTER XXXV. CHAPTER XXXVI. CHAPTER XXXVII. THE SHADOW OF A SIN By BERTHA M. CLAY [Illustration] ROYAL PUBLISHING CO., 528 Locust Street PHILADELPHIA PA. THE SHADOW OF A SIN BY BERTHA M. CLAY AUTHOR OF "_Thrown on the World_," "_Lady Damer's Secret_," "_A Passionate Love_," "_Her Faithful Heart_," "_Shadow of the Past_," _etc._ ROYAL PUBLISHING COMPANY. 530 Locust Street, Philadelphia Marriage Guide By MICHAEL RYAN, MD. Are you Married, or are you Contemplating Marriage? _A GREAT SPECIAL OFFER_ A $10.00 BOOK FOR ONLY =$1.00= A complete Description of the human system, both Male and Female, and full particulars of Diseases to which each is subject, with Remedies for same. Illustrated with numerous fine, superb, full-page plates. Fully depicting the mysterious process of Gestation from the time of conception to the period of delivery. _LOVE, COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE_ It tells you of Love and how to obtain its fullest enjoyment; Courtship and its attendant pleasures; Marriage, its joys, pleasures and happiness, and how best to acquire the greater amount of its blessings, with a vast number of wonderful and extraordinary revelations that only those who are married or contemplating marriage should be made acquainted with. Will be sent, postpaid, securely sealed, to any address, on receipt of =$1.00, special price=. Address all orders to ROYAL PUBLISHING COMPANY No. 530 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pa. THE SHADOW OF A SIN. CHAPTER I. "She is coming--my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat Had it lain for a century dead." A rich musical voice trolled out the words, not once, but many times over--carelessly at first, and then the full sense of them seemed to strike the singer. "'Had it lain for a century dead,'" he repeated slowly. "Ah, me! the difference between poetry and fact--when I have lain for a century dead, the light footfalls of a fair woman will not awaken me. 'Beyond the sun, woman's beauty and woman's love are of small account;' yet here--ah, when will she come?"