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Title: The Scarlet Feather

Author: Houghton Townley

Illustrator: Will Grefe

Release Date: February 19, 2009 [EBook #28123]

Language: English

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THE SCARLET FEATHER

[Illustration: THERE WAS SOMETHING MAGNETIC ABOUT THIS MAN WHOM SHE
FEARED AND TRIED TO HATE.--Page 201]

THE SCARLET FEATHER

BY
HOUGHTON TOWNLEY

Author of
"The Bishop's Emeralds"

ILLUSTRATIONS BY
WILL GREFE

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1909 BY
W. J. WATT & COMPANY

_Published June, 1909_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I The Sheriff's Writ 9
II The Check 21
III The Dinner at the Club 33
IV Dora Dundas 39
V Debts 50
VI A Kinship Something Less Than Kind 66
VII Good-bye 82
VIII A Tiresome Patient 89
IX Herresford is Told 93
X Hearts Ache and Ache Yet Do Not Break 102
XI A House of Sorrow 117
XII A Difficult Position 125
XIII Dick's Heroism 135
XIV Mrs. Swinton Confesses 147
XV Colonel Dundas Speaks His Mind 168
XVI Mr. Trimmer Comes Home 173
XVII Mrs. Swinton Goes Home 190
XVIII A Second Proposal 195
XIX An Unexpected Telegram 204
XX The Wedding Day Arranged 221
XXI Dick's Return 226
XXII The Blight of Fear 237
XXIII Dora Sees Herresford 249
XXIV