Produced by Suzanne Shell, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) TOPPLETON'S CLIENT OR _A SPIRIT IN EXILE_ BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS NEW YORK CHARLES L. WEBSTER & COMPANY 1893 TO F. D. S. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE INTRODUCING MR. HOPKINS TOPPLETON 1 CHAPTER II. MR. HOPKINS TOPPLETON LEASES AN OFFICE 13 CHAPTER III. MR. HOPKINS TOPPLETON ENCOUNTERS A WEARY SPIRIT 25 CHAPTER IV. THE WEARY SPIRIT GIVES SOME ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF 39 CHAPTER V. HOPKINS BECOMES BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THE WEARY SPIRIT 55 CHAPTER VI. THE SPIRIT UNFOLDS A HORRID TALE 73 CHAPTER VII. A CHAPTER OF PROFIT AND LOSS 90 CHAPTER VIII. FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MAKING OF A NAME 107 CHAPTER IX. THE CROWNING ACT OF INFAMY 124 CHAPTER X. THE SPIRIT'S STORY IS CONCLUDED 149 CHAPTER XI. TOPPLETON CONSULTS THE LAW AND FORMS AN OPINION 167 CHAPTER XII. TOPPLETON MAKES A FAIR START 184 CHAPTER XIII. AT BARNCASTLE HALL 201 CHAPTER XIV. THE DINNER AND ITS RESULT 218 CHAPTER XV. BARNCASTLE CONFIDES IN HOPKINS 233 CHAPTER XVI. MR. HOPKINS TOPPLETON MAKES A DISCOVERY 251 CHAPTER XVII. EPILOGUE 268 TOPPLETON'S CLIENT. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCING MR. HOPKINS TOPPLETON.