Chapter I: Front Matter

_Methuen’s Colonial Library_

SUSAN PROUDLEIGH

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

JANE’S CAREER

SUSAN PROUDLEIGH

BY
HERBERT G. DE LISSER

METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

_Colonial Library_

_First Published in 1915_

CONTENTS

BOOK I
CHAP. PAGE
I. SUSAN’S DILEMMA 1
II. A PASSAGE-AT-ARMS 12
III. THE CASE IN COURT 21
IV. WHAT CAME OF THE CASE 37
V. LETITIA’S INVITATION 53
VI. SAMUEL JOSIAH JONES 67
VII. THE ANNOUNCEMENT 86
VIII. SUSAN GIVES “A JOKE” 99
IX. JONES IS WARNED 111
X. “THE SWORD OF THE LORD” 121

BOOK II
I. THE LAND OF PROMISE 131
II. JONES CHANGES HIS MIND 144
III. SUSAN SETTLES DOWN 155
IV. THE FLY IN THE OINTMENT 165
V. THE SUBSCRIPTION PARTY 172
VI. JONES DEMONSTRATES 183
VII. SUSAN’S LAST EFFORT 194

BOOK III
I. THE FAMILY ARRIVES 207
II. CATHERINE LEARNS SOMETHING 218
III. THE MEETING 225
IV. THE NIGHT OF THE FIRE 237
V. THE ANONYMOUS LETTER 249
VI. SAMUEL’S DETERMINATION 258
VII. WHAT HAPPENED AT CULEBRA 267
VIII. SUSAN’S LUCK 280
IX. JONES SPEAKS IN THE PREDICATE 296

This story was first published serially in the Jamaica “Daily
Gleaner,” under the title of “Susan: Mr. Proudleigh’s Daughter,”
having been presented by the Jamaica Tobacco Co. to the reading
public of the Island of Jamaica.