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Sons and Fathers

by Harry Stillwell Edwards

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Author
Edwards, Harry Stillwell, 1855-1938
Credits
E-text prepared by Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries ( www.archive.org/details/americana)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Mystery fiction
Category
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eBook-No.
36112
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36112
Release Date
May 14, 2011
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.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
  2. 2.BY HARRY STILLWELL EDWARDS. — 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.
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.SONS AND FATHERS
  5. 5.CHAPTER I. — TWO SONS.
  6. 6.CHAPTER II. — THE STRANGER ON THE THRESHOLD.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III. — A BREATH FROM THE OLD SOUTH.
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. — THE MOTHER'S ROOM.
  9. 9.CHAPTER V. — THE STRANGER IN THE LIBRARY.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI. — "WHO SAYS THERE CAN BE A 'TOO LATE' FOR THE IMMORTAL MIND?"
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII. — "BACK! WOULD YOU MURDER HER?"
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. — ON THE BACK TRAIL.
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX. — THE TRAGEDY IN THE STORM.
  14. 14.CHAPTER X. — "GOD PITY ME! GOD PITY ME!"
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI. — IN THE CRIMSON OF SUNSET.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XII. — THE OLD SOUTH VERSUS THE NEW.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. — FEELING THE ENEMY.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. — THE OLD SOUTH DRAWS THE SWORD.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XV. — "IN ALL THE WORLD, NO FAIRER FLOWER THAN THIS!"
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. — BEYOND THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. — "IF I MEET THE MAN!"
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. — HOW THE CHALLENGE WAS WRITTEN.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. — BROUGHT TO BAY.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XX. — IN THE HANDS OF THEIR FRIENDS.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. — "THE WITNESS IS DEAD."
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. — THE DUEL AT SUNRISE.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. — THE SHADOW OVER THE HALL.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. — THE PROFILE ON THE MOON.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. — THE MIDNIGHT SEARCH.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. — GATHERING THE CLEWS.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. — THE FACE THAT CAME IN DREAMS.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. — THE THREE PICTURES.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX. — "HOME SWEET HOME."
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXX. — THE RAINBOW IN THE MIST.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI. — THE HAND OF SCIENCE.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII. — THE FLASHLIGHT PHOTOGRAPH.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII. — THE TRADE WITH SLIPPERY DICK.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV. — THE FACE OF THE BODY-SNATCHER.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV. — THE GRAVE IN THE PAST.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI. — THE PLEDGE THAT WAS GIVEN.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII. — "WHICH OF THE TWO WAS MY MOTHER?"
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII. — UNDER THE SPELL.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX. — BARKSDALE'S WARNING.
  44. 44.CHAPTER XL. — THE HIDDEN HAND.
  45. 45.CHAPTER XLI. — WITH THE WOMAN WHO LOVED HIM.
  46. 46.CHAPTER XLII. — THE SONG THE OCEAN SANG.
  47. 47.CHAPTER XLIII. — THE DEATH OF GASPARD LEVIGNE.
  48. 48.CHAPTER XLIV. — THE HEART OF CAMBIA.
  49. 49.CHAPTER XLV. — THE MAN WITH THE TORCH.
  50. 50.CHAPTER XLVI. — WHAT THE SHEET HID.
  51. 51.CHAPTER XLVII. — ON THE MARGINS OF TWO WORLDS.
  52. 52.CHAPTER XLVIII. — WAR TO THE KNIFE.
  53. 53.CHAPTER XLIX. — PREPARING THE MINE.
  54. 54.CHAPTER L. — SLIPPERY DICK RIGHTS A WRONG.
  55. 55.CHAPTER LI. — A WOMAN'S WIT CONQUERS.
  56. 56.CHAPTER LII. — DEATH OF COL. MONTJOY.
  57. 57.CHAPTER LIII. — THE ESCAPE OF AMOS ROYSON.
  58. 58.CHAPTER LIV. — HOW A DEBT WAS PAID.
  59. 59.CHAPTER LV. — THE UNOPENED LETTER.
  60. 60.CHAPTER LVI. — "WOMAN, WHAT WAS HE TO YOU?" — GERALD MORGAN. Died 1888.
  61. 61.CHAPTER LVII. — FRAGMENTARY LIFE RECORDS.
  62. 62.CHAPTER LVIII. — "THE LAST SCENE OF ALL" — THE END.
  63. 63.Writings of Harry Stillwell Edwards — Others of Our Interesting Books Not by Edwards

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