The Sword of Damocles: A Story of New York Life
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THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES
A STORY OF NEW YORK LIFE.
AUTHOR OF "THE LEAVENWORTH CASE," "A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE," ETC.
NEW YORK G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS 27 & 29 West 23D Street
1881
Copyright, 1881, by G. P. Putnam's Sons.
TO MY FATHER I DEDICATE THIS BOOK AS EXPRESSING SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE AND MERCY WHICH, BY PRECEPT AND EXAMPLE, HE HAS INSTILLED INTO MY BREAST FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD.
New York, April, 1881.
"When all else fails love saves"
NEW YORK G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS 27 & 29 West 23D Street
1881
Copyright, 1881, by G. P. Putnam's Sons.
TO MY FATHER I DEDICATE THIS BOOK AS EXPRESSING SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE AND MERCY WHICH, BY PRECEPT AND EXAMPLE, HE HAS INSTILLED INTO MY BREAST FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD.
New York, April, 1881.
"When all else fails love saves"
CONTENTS.
THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES.
BOOK I.
TWO MEN.
I.
A WANDERER.
II.
A DISCUSSION.
III.
A MYSTERIOUS SUMMONS.
IV.
SEARCHINGS.
V.
THE RUBICON.
VI.
A HAND CLASP.
VII.
MRS. SYLVESTER.
VIII.
SHADOWS OF THE PAST.
IX.
PAULA.
X.
THE BARRED DOOR.
XI.
MISS STUYVESANT.
XII.
MISS BELINDA MAKES CONDITIONS.
XIII.
THE END OF MY LADY'S PICTURE.
BOOK II.
LIFE AND DEATH.
XIV.
MISS BELINDA HAS A QUESTION TO DECIDE.
XV.
AN ADVENTURE—OR SOMETHING MORE.
XVI.
THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES.
XVII.
GRAVE AND GAY.
XVIII.
IN THE NIGHT WATCHES.
XIX.
A DAY AT THE BANK.
XX.
THE DREGS IN THE CUP.
XXI.
DEPARTURE.
XXII.
HOPGOOD.
BOOK III.
THE JAPHA MYSTERY.
XXIII.
THE POEM.
THE DEFENCE OF THE BRIDE.
THE DEFENCE OF THE BRIDE.
XXIV.
THE JAPHA MANSION.
XXV.
JACQUELINE.
XXVI.
A MAN'S JUSTICE AND A WOMAN'S MERCY.
XXVII.
THE LONE WATCHER.
XXVIII.
SUNSHINE ON THE HILLS.
XXIX.
MIST IN THE VALLEY.
BOOK IV.
FROM A. TO Z.
XXX.
MISS BELINDA PRESENTS MR. SYLVESTER WITH A CHRISTMAS GIFT.
XXXI.
A QUESTION.
XXXII.
FULL TIDE.
XXXIII.
TWO LETTERS.
XXXIV.
PAULA MAKES HER CHOICE.
XXXV.
THE FALLING OF THE SWORD.
XXXVI.
MORNING.
XXXVII.
THE OPINION OF A CERTAIN NOTED DETECTIVE.
XXXVIII.
BLUE-BEARD'S CHAMBER.
XXXIX.
FROM A. TO Z.
XL.
HALF-PAST SEVEN.
BOOK V.
WOMAN'S LOVE.
XLI.
THE WORK OF AN HOUR.
XLII.
PAULA RELATES A STORY SHE HAS HEARD.
XLIII.
DETERMINATION.
XLIV.
IN MR. STUYVESANT'S PARLORS.
XLV.
"THE HOUR OF SIX IS SACRED."
XLVI.
THE MAN CUMMINS.
PUBLICATIONS OF G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS.
THE LEAVENWORTH CASE. By Anna Katherine Green.
A MAN'S A MAN FOR A' THAT.
THE BRETON MILLS: A Romance of New England Life. By Charles J. Bellamy.
CUPID AND THE SPHINX. By Harford Flemming.
A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE. By Anna Katherine Green.
THE HEART OF IT: A Romance of East and West. By William O. Stoddard.
UNCLE JACK'S EXECUTORS. By Annette Lucille Noble.
THE STRANDED SHIP: A Story of Sea and Shore. By L. Clarke Davis.
NESTLENOOK. By Leonard Kip, Author of "The Dead Marquise," "Under the Bells," etc.
THE TRANS-ATLANTIC SERIES.
I. CAPTAIN FRACASSE. By Theophile Gautier. Translated by E. M. Beam.
II. THE AMAZON. By Franz Dingelstedt. Translated by Jas. Morgan Hart.
MOTHER MOLLY. By Frances Mary Peard.
THE LOST CASKET. Translated from "La Main Coupée" of F. de Boisgobey by S. Lee.
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