Chapter I: Front Matter

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DEATH TO THE INQUISITIVE!

A STORY OF SINFUL LOVE.

BY

LURANA W. SHELDON,

"_Nay, do not ask--
In pity from the task forbear:
Smile on--nor venture to unmask
Man's heart, and view the Hell that's there._"

NEW YORK

W. D. ROWLAND, PUBLISHER 23 CHAMBERS STREET 1892

Copyright, 1892

BY

W. D. ROWLAND.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE.
I. THE WHITECHAPEL MYSTERY 5

II. A SUICIDAL ATTEMPT 12

III. RESCUED BY THIEVES 20

IV. THE SHAME-BORN CHILD 26

V. MAURICE SINCLAIR 33

VI. A PAINFUL REMINISCENCE 40

VII. THE BREATH OF PASSION 47

VIII. A MIDNIGHT CRIME 54

IX. MAURICE SINCLAIR ESCAPES WITH HIS VICTIM 61

X. THE SCARLET HOUSE OF SIN 65

XI. JULIA WEBBER LAYS PLANS FOR REVENGE 73

XII. A SINFUL LOVE 77

XIII. THE CONTRACT BROKEN 85

XIV. IN CENTRAL PARK 93

XV. DEATH 98

XVI. A DEER HUNT IN NEWFOUNDLAND 104

XVII. BY THE ASHES OF A GUILTY HOUSE 112

XVIII. STELLA IS RESTORED TO HER LOVER 120

XIX. SAFE IN THE ARMS OF LOVE 126

XX. DR. SEWARD'S EXPERIMENT 133

XXI. A PERFECT UNION 140

XXII. "QUEEN LIZ" 145

XXIII. ELIZABETH FINDS FRIENDS 149

XXIV. STELLA CONFIDES IN HER HUSBAND 153

XXV. THE CAPTAIN'S STORY 159

XXVI. SORROW AND REJOICING 163

XXVII. THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE 168

XXVIII. TOO LATE 176

XXIX. THE HOME IN NEW YORK 181

XXX. SAM LEE DISCOVERS A FARO GAME 188

XXXI. CLEVERLY CAUGHT 194

XXXII. FACE TO FACE 200

XXXIII. "I HAVE NO NAME" 205

XXXIV. THE LADY VAN TYNE WILL FIGHT FOR HER HONOR 211

XXXV. STELLA AND ELIZABETH 218

XXXVI. A LAST ESCAPE 226

XXXVII. FIVE YEARS AFTER 229

DEATH TO THE INQUISITIVE.

A STORY OF SINFUL LOVE.