In Her Own Right. John Reed Scott

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066192082

Table of Contents

       I

       BROKEN

       II

       GOOD-BYE

       III

       CLARENDON

       IV

       PARMENTER’S BEQUEST

       V

       MISS CARRINGTON

       VI

       CONFIDENCE AND SCRUPLES

       VII

       GREENBERRY POINT

       VIII

       STOLEN

       IX

       THE WAY OUT

       X

       PIRATE’S GOLD BREEDS PIRATE’S WAYS

       XI

       ELAINE CAVENDISH

       XII

       ONE LEARNED IN THE LAW

       XII

       I COULD TELL SOME THINGS

       XIV

       THE SYMPHONY IN BLUE

       XV

       AN OLD RUSE

       XVI

       THE MARABOU MUFF

       XVII

       A HANDKERCHIEF AND A GLOVE

       XVIII

       THE LONE HOUSE BY THE BAY

       XIX

       ROBERT PARMENTER’S SUCCESSORS

       XX

       THE CHECK

       XXI

       THE JEWELS

      Illustrations

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      IN HER OWN RIGHT

I

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BROKEN

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      “The expected has happened, I see,” said Macloud, laying aside the paper he had been reading, and raising his hand for a servant.

      “I thought it was the unexpected that happens,” Hungerford drawled, languidly. “What do you mean?”

      “Royster & Axtell have been thrown into bankruptcy. Liabilities of twenty million, assets problematical.”

      “You don’t say!” ejaculated Hungerford, sitting up sharply. “Have they caught any of our friends?”

      “All who dealt with them, I reckon.”

      “Too bad! Too bad!—Well, they didn’t catch me.”

      “Oh, no! you’re not caught!” said Macloud. “Your father was wise enough to put your estate into Government threes, with a trustee who had no power to change the investment.”

      “And I’m thankful he did,” Hungerford answered. “It saves me all trouble; I need never look at the stock report, don’t you