CHAPTER VI THE FIRE Wind and weather or the destructive freak of some careless boy had certainly cut off the one avenue of escape for the...

CHAPTER V A BAD PREDICAMENT The first question asked by the mate of the Golden Moose referred to Will Bertram, as the watching lad had...

CHAPTER IV THE ADVENTURES OF A NIGHT Will uttered a great sigh of relief as the stranger led him towards the anxious throng. “Here’s your...

CHAPTER III A DARING FEAT Will Bertram satisfied himself on two points before he relaxed the rapid pace with which he had left the deck...

CHAPTER II CAPTAIN STEPHEN MORRIS “Look out there!” Will Bertram dodged aside as he was walking along the wharf, near where the Golden...

CHAPTER LXIX She did not stir, she did not speak. The tears brimmed over and rolled down her cheeks, but she kept her place in silence....

CHAPTER LXVIII St. Leon Le Roy lay among the lace-fringed pillows of his luxurious bed that morning alone and lonely. It was a beautiful...

CHAPTER LXVII In five weeks after that tragedy at the seashore Laurel announced her intention of returning to Belle Vue. She had...

CHAPTER LXVI Beatrix did not know how to refuse the mother's prayer. She knew that Laurel's heart was yearning for the child, and she did...

CHAPTER LXV And Laurel? Full of wonder and pity and sympathy, they lifted the golden head from Le Roy's breast and bore her away. No one...

CHAPTER LXIV "You have died for me!" the stricken wife repeated, and then, overcome with horror, she knelt down beside the dead man, and...

CHAPTER LXIII Mr. Le Roy and Laurel had indeed gone out upon the shore. He had invited her to do so, and she had complied, for she was...

CHAPTER LXII St. Leon Le Roy—what had brought him here at this moment of all others? What strange trick did fate mean to play her in thus...

CHAPTER LXI Contrary to her usual habit, and to humor a caprice of Mrs. Wentworth's, Laurel decided to make her appearance in the hotel...

CHAPTER LX Mrs. Wentworth and Mr. Gordon were not the only persons at the seaside who suspected that Mrs. Lynn was other than she seemed....

CHAPTER LIX Was it chance or fate that brought Mr. Gordon down, a few weeks later, to consult with Mrs. Lynn about the publication of her...

CHAPTER LVIII Laurel had left Belle Vue in a sudden panic of fear and dread. She was afraid that her bold denial of her identity would...

CHAPTER LVII It was a long while before Laurel recovered her calmness. She had been severely shaken by her interview with Mr. Le Roy. She...

CHAPTER LVI There was a moment of the most utter silence while St. Leon Le Roy's wild, appealing words died upon the stillness of the...

CHAPTER LV Laurel felt a dreary kind of pleasure in hearing her husband ascribe to her the only real happiness of his life. It was some...