Chapter I: Front Matter

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I A STRANGE AFFAIR 1

II A CRUEL IMPLICATION 15

III MR. ST. CLIVE PROVES HIMSELF A TRUE FRIEND 25

IV RALPH'S FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL 35

V MAKING THINGS STRAIGHT 45

VI AN EARLY MORNING SPIN 55

VII HORACE ELGERT GOES A LITTLE TOO FAR 65

VIII A MYSTERIOUS MIDNIGHT VISITOR 75

IX ALTOGETHER BEYOND EXPLANATION 84

X COUNSELS AND PROMISES 94

XI GOING IN FOR GRINDING 103

XII THE STOLEN BANKNOTE 113

XIII DIVIDED OPINIONS 122

XIV BY THE RIVER SIDE 131

XV THE LOST POCKET-BOOK 140

XVI THINGS LOOK BLACK FOR RALPH 150

XVII THE PLOT THAT FAILED 159

XVIII WHERE THE BANKNOTE WENT 168

XIX THE LAME HORSE ONCE MORE 177

XX TO MR. ST. CLIVE'S 186

XXI A HOUSE OF REFUGE 195

XXII AN AFTERNOON RAMBLE 204

XXIII THE RUIN AND THE LONELY HOUSE 213

XXIV FOR THE SAKE OF REVENGE 222

XXV JUST IN TIME 231

XXVI TOM WARREN SPEAKS HIS MIND 240

XXVII IN THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT 249

XXVIII THE NEXT DAY 259

XXIX WHAT TINKLE AND GREEN CAUGHT 268

XXX WHAT DETAINED RALPH REXWORTH 277

XXXI THE TABLES ARE TURNED 286

XXXII FLOGGED AND EXPELLED 294

XXXIII CONCLUSION 303

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