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THE PORTRAIT.]
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THE
DEAD LETTER:
AN AMERICAN ROMANCE.
BY SEELEY REGESTER.
NEW YORK: BEADLE AND COMPANY, _118 WILLIAM STREET_. 1867.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by BEADLE AND COMPANY.
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
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CONTENTS--PART I.
CHAPTER I.
THE LETTER, 9
CHAPTER II.
EVENTS OF A NIGHT, 11
CHAPTER III.
THE FIGURE BENEATH THE TREES, 23
CHAPTER IV.
MORELAND VILLA, 34
CHAPTER V.
MR. BURTON, THE DETECTIVE, 49
CHAPTER VI.
TWO LINKS IN THE CHAIN, 72
CHAPTER VII.
ELEANOR, 86
CHAPTER VIII.
THE HAUNTED GRAVE, 94
CHAPTER IX.
THE SPIDER AND THE FLY, 114
CHAPTER X.
THE ANNIVERSARY, 132
CHAPTER XI.
THE LITTLE GUEST AND THE APPARITION, 154
CHAPTER XII.
THE NIGHT IN MORELAND VILLA, 176
CHAPTER XIII.
THE SHADOW ASSUMES SHAPE, 188
PART II.
CHAPTER I.
THE LETTER, 199
CHAPTER II.
OUR VISITS, 212
CHAPTER III.
THE CONFESSION, 228
CHAPTER IV.
EMBARKED FOR CALIFORNIA, 243
CHAPTER V.
ON THE TRAIL, 252
CHAPTER VI.
AT LAST--AT LAST, 261
CHAPTER VII.
NOW FOR HOME AGAIN, 278
CHAPTER VIII.
THE RIPE HOUR, 383
CHAPTER IX.
JOINING THE MISSING LINKS, 296
CHAPTER X.
THE NEW LIFE, 305
ILLUSTRATIONS.
BAFFLED, 64
ELEANOR, 90
"WELL, HOW DO YOU LIKE MY LOOKS?" 161
THE PORTRAIT--Frontispiece, 183
IN THE OAK, 223
"I NEVER ACCUSED YOU," 297
THE DEAD LETTER.
PART I.