Chapters (41)
- MADAME MIDAS
- PROLOGUE — CAST UP BY THE SEA
- PART I.
- CHAPTER I. — THE PACTOLUS CLAIM
- CHAPTER II. — SLIVERS
- CHAPTER III. — MADAME MIDAS AT HOME
- CHAPTER IV. — THE GOOD SAMARITAN
- CHAPTER V. — MAMMON’S TREASURE HOUSE
- CHAPTER VI. — KITTY
- CHAPTER VII. — MR VILLIERS PAYS A VISIT
- CHAPTER VIII. — MADAME MIDAS STRIKES ‘ILE’
- CHAPTER IX. — LOVE’S YOUNG DREAM
- CHAPTER X. — FRIENDS IN COUNCIL
- CHAPTER XI. — THEODORE WOPPLES, ACTOR
- CHAPTER XII. — HIGHWAY ROBBERY
- CHAPTER XIII. — A GLIMPSE OF BOHEMIA
- CHAPTER XIV. — A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE
- CHAPTER XV. — SLIVERS IN SEARCH OF EVIDENCE
- CHAPTER XVI. — MCINTOSH SPEAKS HIS MIND
- CHAPTER XVII. — THE BEST OF FRIENDS MUST PART
- CHAPTER XVIII. — M. VANDELOUP IS UNJUSTLY SUSPECTED
- CHAPTER XIX. — THE DEVIL’S LEAD
- PART II.
- CHAPTER I. — TEMPUS FUGIT
- CHAPTER II. — DISENCHANTMENT
- CHAPTER III. — M. VANDELOUP HEARS SOMETHING TO HIS ADVANTAGE
- CHAPTER IV. — THE CASE OF ADELE BLONDET
- CHAPTER V. — THE KEY OF THE STREET
- CHAPTER VI. — ON CHANGE
- CHAPTER VII. — THE OPULENCE OF MADAME MIDAS
- CHAPTER VIII. — M. VANDELOUP IS SURPRISED
- CHAPTER IX. — A PROFESSIONAL PHILANTHROPIST
- CHAPTER X. — IN THE FERNERY
- CHAPTER XI. — THE VISION OF MISS KITTY MARCHURST
- CHAPTER XII. — A STARTLING DISCOVERY
- CHAPTER XIII. — DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND
- CHAPTER XIV. — CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
- CHAPTER XV. — KISMET
- CHAPTER XVI. — BE SURE THY SIN WILL FIND THEE OUT
- EPILOGUE -- THE WAGES OF SIN
- FINIS
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