Chapter I: Front Matter

THE UNJUST STEWARD

OR

THE MINISTER’S DEBT

BY

MRS. OLIPHANT

PHILADELPHIA

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
1896

COPYRIGHT, 1896,
BY
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.

ELECTROTYPED AND PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA,
U.S.A.

DEDICATED TO DENNY

1896

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I.--A SUDDEN ALARM 7

II.--A FRIEND IN NEED 21

III.--AFTER THE FUNERAL 34

IV.--“TAKE NOW THY BILL AND WRITE FIFTY” 47

V.--MARION AND ELSIE 59

VI.--A HOUSEHOLD CONTROVERSY 73

VII.--THE FIRST MARRIAGE IN THE FAMILY 86

VIII.--A NEW FACTOR 99

IX.--MAN AND WIFE 113

X.--BROTHER AND SISTER 126

XI.--THE GROWING-UP OF THE BAIRNS 139

XII.--THE MOWBRAYS 153

XIII.--PLAINTIFF OR PENITENT? 166

XIV.--ANOTHER AGENT 179

XV.--FRANK’S OPERATIONS 191

XVI.--THE UNJUST STEWARD ONCE MORE 205

XVII.--THE POSITION OF ELSIE 219

XVIII.--JOHNNY WEMYSS 233

XIX.--A CATASTROPHE 246

XX.--CONFESSION 260

XXI.--HOW TO SET IT RIGHT 273

XXII.--IN THE STUDY 284

XXIII.--THE LAST 298

THE UNJUST STEWARD;

OR, THE

MINISTER’S DEBT.