Chapter I: Preface

I. A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.
II. A MANCHESTER TEA-PARTY.
III. JOHN BARTON'S GREAT TROUBLE.
IV. OLD ALICE'S HISTORY.
V. THE MILL ON FIRE--JEM WILSON TO THE RESCUE.
VI. POVERTY AND DEATH.
VII. JEM WILSON'S REPULSE.
VIII. MARGARET'S DEBUT AS A PUBLIC SINGER.
IX. BARTON'S LONDON EXPERIENCES.
X. RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL.
XI. MR. CARSON'S INTENTIONS REVEALED.
XII. OLD ALICE'S BAIRN.
XIII. A TRAVELLER'S TALES.
XIV. JEM'S INTERVIEW WITH POOR ESTHER.
XV. A VIOLENT MEETING BETWEEN THE RIVALS.
XVI. MEETING BETWEEN MASTERS AND WORKMEN.
XVII. BARTON'S NIGHT-ERRAND.
XVIII. MURDER.
XIX. JEM WILSON ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.
XX. MARY'S DREAM--AND THE AWAKENING.
XXI. ESTHER'S MOTIVE IN SEEKING MARY.
XXII. MARY'S EFFORTS TO PROVE AN ALIBI.
XXIII. THE SUB-POENA.
XXIV. WITH THE DYING.
XXV. MRS. WILSON'S DETERMINATION.
XXVI. THE JOURNEY TO LIVERPOOL.
XXVII. IN THE LIVERPOOL DOCKS.
XXVIII. "JOHN CROPPER, AHOY!"
XXIX. A TRUE BILL AGAINST JEM.
XXX. JOB LEGH'S DECEPTION.
XXXI. HOW MARY PASSED THE NIGHT.
XXXII. THE TRIAL AND VERDICT--"NOT GUILTY."
XXXIII. REQUIESCAT IN PACE.
XXXIV. THE RETURN HOME.
XXXV. "FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES."
XXXVI. JEM'S INTERVIEW WITH MR. DUNCOMBE.
XXXVII. DETAILS CONNECTED WITH THE MURDER.
XXXVIII. CONCLUSION.