Produced by S.D., Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net THE SLAVE OF SILENCE [Illustration: "Nothing daunted, the pair made a rush at Berrington who fired right and left." FRONTISPIECE. _See page 191._] THE SLAVE OF SILENCE BY F. M. WHITE AUTHOR OF "TREGARTHEN'S WIFE" "THE WHITE BATTALION" "THE ROBE OF LUCIFER" ETC ETC ILLUSTRATED BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1906 Copyright, 1904, BY FRED M. WHITE. Copyright, 1906, BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. * * * _All Rights Reserved_ Published November, 1906 Printers S. J. PARKHILL & CO., BOSTON, U. S. A. CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER I 1 CHAPTER II 9 CHAPTER III 17 CHAPTER IV 25 CHAPTER V 33 CHAPTER VI 41 CHAPTER VII 49 CHAPTER VIII 57 CHAPTER IX 65 CHAPTER X 73 CHAPTER XI 81 CHAPTER XII 89 CHAPTER XIII 97 CHAPTER XIV 105 CHAPTER XV 113 CHAPTER XVI 121 CHAPTER XVII 129 CHAPTER XVIII 137 CHAPTER XIX 145 CHAPTER XX 153 CHAPTER XXI 161 CHAPTER XXII 169 CHAPTER XXIII 177 CHAPTER XXIV 185 CHAPTER XXV 193 CHAPTER XXVI 201 CHAPTER XXVII 209 CHAPTER XXVIII 217 CHAPTER XXIX 225 CHAPTER XXX 233 CHAPTER XXXI 241 CHAPTER XXXII 249 CHAPTER XXXIII 256 CHAPTER XXXIV 264 CHAPTER XXXV 272 CHAPTER XXXVI 280 CHAPTER XXXVII 288 CHAPTER XXXVIII 296 CHAPTER XXXIX 304 CHAPTER XL 312 ILLUSTRATIONS "Nothing daunted, the pair made a rush at Berrington, who fired right and left" _Frontispiece_ "Richford stood there shaking and quivering with passion" _Page_ 49 "The police-officer looked suspiciously at the figure" " 107 THE SLAVE OF SILENCE CHAPTER I