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"THAT OF A HAND HOLDING A BOTTLE"]
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.
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS
1901
COPYRIGHT, 1901
BY
ANNA KATHARINE ROHLFS
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
BOOK II
THE MAN
PAGE
XVII.--THE MONOGRAM 157
XVIII.--THE PHIAL 176
XIX.--I MAKE MY FIRST MOVE 187
XX.--THE LITTLE HOUSE IN NEW JERSEY 192
XXI.--MILLE-FLEURS 201
XXII.--A DISAGREEABLE HOUR WITH A DISAGREEABLE MAN 212
XXIII.--IN MY OFFICE 224
XXV.--A SUMMONS 255
XXVI.--FERRY LIGHTS 262
XXVII.--RAIN 272
XXVIII.--BY THE LIGHT OF A GUTTERING CANDLE 282
XXIX.--THE QUIET HOUR 313
XXX.--AN UNEXPECTED ALLY 320
XXXI.--SWEETWATER HAS AN IDEA 327
XXXII.--WITH THE SHADE DOWN 336
XXXIII.--IN WHICH WE CAN PARDON MR. GRYCE HIS UNFORTUNATE ILLNESS 344
XXXIV.--"IT WAS THE SHOCK!" 352
XXXV.--ROSES 363
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