In Her Own Right

Opening of the book

“TELL ME ALL ABOUT YOURSELF,” HE SAID
Page 328

IN HER
OWN RIGHT
By JOHN REED SCOTT
AǼǵƒLjǡ Ljż
“The Last Try,” “The Woman In Question,”
“The Princess Dehra,” Etc.
emblem
With Illustrations in Color
By CLARENCE F. UNDERWOOD
A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers
New York
CLjǙΏǡƗƄƒǵ, 1911
BΏ JLjƒƿ RŧŧŠ SŕLjǵǵ

Published May, 1911
DEDICATED
ТО
S. W. C.
Contents
I.
BROKEN
II.
GOOD-BYE
III.
CLARENDON
IV.
PARMENTER'S BEQUEST
V.
MISS CARRINGTON
Confidence and Scruples
VI.
VII.
GREENBERRY POINT
VIII.
STOLEN
IX.
THE WAY OUT
Х.
PIRATE’S GOLD BREEDS PIRATE’S WAYS
ХІ.
ELAINE CAVENDISH
ХП.
One Learned In The Law
XII.
I COULD TELL SOME THINGS
XIV.
THE SYMPHONY IN BLUE
XV.
AN OLD RUSE
XVI.
THE MARABOU MUff
XVII.
A HANDKERCHIEF AND A GLOVE
XVIII.
THE LONE HOUSE BY THE BAY
ХIХ.
ROBERT PARMENTER'S SUCCESSORS
ХХ.
ТНЕ СНЕСК
ХХІ.
THE JEWELS
Illustrations

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΅ĵǪ ĵƯƯ

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ǙĵŕŧǪ

11

IN HER OWN RIGHT

I

BROKEN

“The expected has happened, I see,” said Macloud, laying aside the paper he had been reading, and raising his hand for a servant.

“I thought it was the unexpected that happens,” Hungerford drawled, languidly. “What do you mean?”

“Royster & Axtell have been thrown into bankruptcy. Liabilities of twenty million, assets problematical.”

“You don’t say!” ejaculated Hungerford, sitting up sharply. “Have they caught any of our friends?”

“All who dealt with them, I reckon.”

“Too bad! Too bad!—Well, they didn’t catch me.”

“Oh, no! you’re not caught!” said Macloud. “Your father was wise enough to put your estate into Government threes, with a trustee who had no power to change the investment.”

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