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ONE OF MY SONS
BY
ANNA KATHARINE GREEN
(MRS. CHARLES ROHLFS)
AUTHOR OF "THE LEAVENWORTH CASE," "HAND AND RING,"
"MARKED 'PERSONAL,'" "THAT AFFAIR NEXT DOOR," ETC.
[Illustration]
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS
1901
COPYRIGHT, 1901
BY
ANNA KATHARINE ROHLFS
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CONTENTS
BOOK I
THE SHADOW
PAGE
I.--THE CHILD, AND WHAT SHE LED ME INTO 1
II.--THE YOUNG DOCTOR AND THE OLD 6
III.--WHAT A DOOR HID 21
IV.--"HE DRANK IT ALONE" 32
V.--HOPE 38
VI.--A HAPPY INSPIRATION 50
VII.--THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN BY THE NEWEL-POST 54
VIII.--THE MAN BEHIND THE SCREEN 71
IX.--THE CLOCK THAT HAD RUN DOWN 88
X.--THE PENCIL 96
XI.--SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT 101
XII.--GOSSIP 104
XIII.--INDICATIONS 110
XIV.--A SUDDEN TURN 127
XV.--THE MISSING POCKET 139
XVI.--IN THE PARLOUR AT MRS. PENRHYN'S 147