The House Of A Thousand Candles
THE HOUSE OF A
THOUSAND CANDLES
There is something jaunty in a tam-o'-shanter, particularly a red one
THE HOUSE OF A
THOUSAND CANDLES
Author of The Main Chance
Zelda Dameron, etc.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY
"So on the morn there fell new tidings and other adventures"
INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright 1905
THE BOBBS-MERILL COMPANY
NOVEMBER
PRESS OF
BRAUNWORTH & CO.
BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
To Margaret My Sister
CONTENTS
chapter page I.—The Will of John Marshall Glenarm 1 II.—A Face at Sherry’s 22 III.—The House of a Thousand Candles 37 IV.—A Voice From the Lake 47 V.—A Red Tam-o’-Shanter 63 VI.—The Girl and the Canoe 80 VII.—The Man on the Wall 89 VIII.—A String of Gold Beads 102 IX.—The Girl and the Rabbit 112 X.—An Affair With the Caretaker 129 XI.—I Receive a Caller 142 XII.—I Explore a Passage 153 XIII.—A Pair of Eavesdroppers 166 XIV.—The Girl in Gray 177 XV.—I Make an Engagement 191 XVI.—The Passing of Olivia 200 XVII.—Sister Theresa 213 XVIII.—Golden Butterflies 225 XIX.—I Meet an Old Friend 239 XX.—A Triple Alliance 255 XXI.—Pickering Serves Notice 268 XXII.—The Return of Marian Devereux 278 XXIII.—The Door of Bewilderment 288 XXIV.—A Prowler of The Night 304 XXV.—Besieged 316 XXVI.—The Fight in the Library 329 XXVII.—Changes and Chances 351 XXVIII.—Shorter Vistas 363 XXIX.—And So the Light Led Me 370
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