Sons and Fathers
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1896]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
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- E-text prepared by Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana)
- SONS AND FATHERS
- PUBLISHED BY THE J. W. BURKE COMPANY MACON, GEORGIA THE FIRST-PRIZE STORY The Chicago Record's series of "Stories of Mystery" This story—out of 816 competing—was awarded the FIRST PRIZE—$10,000—in The Chicago Record's "$30,000 to Authors" competition. Copyright 1896, by Harry Stillwell Edwards. Copyright 1921, by Harry Stillwell Edwards.
- CONTENTS
- SONS AND FATHERS
- CHAPTER I.
- TWO SONS.
- CHAPTER II.
- THE STRANGER ON THE THRESHOLD.
- CHAPTER III.
- A BREATH FROM THE OLD SOUTH.
- CHAPTER IV.
- THE MOTHER'S ROOM.
- CHAPTER V.
- THE STRANGER IN THE LIBRARY.
- CHAPTER VI.
- "WHO SAYS THERE CAN BE A 'TOO LATE' FOR THE IMMORTAL MIND?"
- CHAPTER VII.
- "BACK! WOULD YOU MURDER HER?"
- CHAPTER VIII.
- ON THE BACK TRAIL.
- CHAPTER IX.
- THE TRAGEDY IN THE STORM.
- CHAPTER X.
- "GOD PITY ME! GOD PITY ME!"
- CHAPTER XI.
- IN THE CRIMSON OF SUNSET.
- CHAPTER XII.
- THE OLD SOUTH VERSUS THE NEW.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- FEELING THE ENEMY.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- THE OLD SOUTH DRAWS THE SWORD.
- CHAPTER XV.
- "IN ALL THE WORLD, NO FAIRER FLOWER THAN THIS!"
- CHAPTER XVI.
- BEYOND THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- "IF I MEET THE MAN!"
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- HOW THE CHALLENGE WAS WRITTEN.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- BROUGHT TO BAY.
- CHAPTER XX.
- IN THE HANDS OF THEIR FRIENDS.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- "THE WITNESS IS DEAD."
- CHAPTER XXII.
- THE DUEL AT SUNRISE.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- THE SHADOW OVER THE HALL.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- THE PROFILE ON THE MOON.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- THE MIDNIGHT SEARCH.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- GATHERING THE CLEWS.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- THE FACE THAT CAME IN DREAMS.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- THE THREE PICTURES.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- "HOME SWEET HOME."
- CHAPTER XXX.
- THE RAINBOW IN THE MIST.
- CHAPTER XXXI.
- THE HAND OF SCIENCE.
- CHAPTER XXXII.
- THE FLASHLIGHT PHOTOGRAPH.
- CHAPTER XXXIII.
- THE TRADE WITH SLIPPERY DICK.
- CHAPTER XXXIV.
- THE FACE OF THE BODY-SNATCHER.
- CHAPTER XXXV.
- THE GRAVE IN THE PAST.
- CHAPTER XXXVI.
- THE PLEDGE THAT WAS GIVEN.
- CHAPTER XXXVII.
- "WHICH OF THE TWO WAS MY MOTHER?"
- CHAPTER XXXVIII.
- UNDER THE SPELL.
- CHAPTER XXXIX.
- BARKSDALE'S WARNING.
- CHAPTER XL.
- THE HIDDEN HAND.
- CHAPTER XLI.
- WITH THE WOMAN WHO LOVED HIM.
- CHAPTER XLII.
- THE SONG THE OCEAN SANG.
- CHAPTER XLIII.
- THE DEATH OF GASPARD LEVIGNE.
- CHAPTER XLIV.
- THE HEART OF CAMBIA.
- CHAPTER XLV.
- THE MAN WITH THE TORCH.
- CHAPTER XLVI.
- WHAT THE SHEET HID.
- CHAPTER XLVII.
- ON THE MARGINS OF TWO WORLDS.
- CHAPTER XLVIII.
- WAR TO THE KNIFE.
- CHAPTER XLIX.
- PREPARING THE MINE.
- CHAPTER L.
- SLIPPERY DICK RIGHTS A WRONG.
- CHAPTER LI.
- A WOMAN'S WIT CONQUERS.
- CHAPTER LII.
- DEATH OF COL. MONTJOY.
- CHAPTER LIII.
- THE ESCAPE OF AMOS ROYSON.
- CHAPTER LIV.
- HOW A DEBT WAS PAID.
- CHAPTER LV.
- THE UNOPENED LETTER.
- CHAPTER LVI.
- "WOMAN, WHAT WAS HE TO YOU?"
- GERALD MORGAN. Died 1888.
- CHAPTER LVII.
- FRAGMENTARY LIFE RECORDS.
- CHAPTER LVIII.
- "THE LAST SCENE OF ALL"
- THE END.
- Writings of Harry Stillwell Edwards
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