Library
Search
60 Chapters
OSCAR HILTON’S TRIUMPH. The letter shown to Chester St. John was, as the reader has doubtless surmised, the work of Evelyn Hilton, and written at the dictation of her husband. Cold and unkind though …
ANOTHER ENEMY. The person who entered the presence of Iris and Charles Broughton at the latter’s invitation, was Mr. Gerald Dare, the young man who had recognized Iris while walking with Broughton on…
HIDDEN PERILS. Iris found Jenny at home, and terribly alarmed at her friend’s absence. “Oh, Miss Ir—Maggie, I was so anxious about you,” she cried, embracing her companion affectionately. These simpl…
IN THE TOILS. All day long, while the eyes of her humble friend Jenny and the rest of her shopmates were on her, Iris preserved a calm and almost happy exterior; but when night came, and she lay awak…
ISABEL’S BETROTHAL. The handsome residence of Oscar Hilton was ablaze with lights from basement to attic, and from the long parlors issued the sound of merry dance music. It was Isabel’s birthday, an…
A CRUEL SUSPICION. “Oh, madam, I cannot work any longer; something terrible has happened to Maggie; I have felt so uneasy all day about her, and now, see, it is almost night, and she has not yet retu…
HOMELESS AND ALONE. It never occurred to Iris to attempt an escape from Mrs. Neville’s boudoir, until such time as Broughton saw fit to release her. At ten o’clock that night Broughton reëntered the …
THE ARREST. In less than half an hour after Mrs. Hilton’s cry had alarmed the ladies and gentlemen assembled to do honor to Isabel Hilton in this celebration of her birthday, the house was cleared of…
“GOOD-BY.” “Miss Tresilian accused of theft! There is—there must be some terrible mistake!” ejaculated Chester St. John, while Grace clung to his arm, pale and shivering, and Isabel, after the first …
CONCLUSION. As the motor car containing Iris and the officers rolled away from Oscar Hilton’s home, Peter, the servant who had admitted Iris on the preceding evening, stood in the area looking after …
