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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

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  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

  XXIV.--AN OLD CATASTROPHE IS RECALLED 239

  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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