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XXXV.   "THOU SHALT NOT SERVE TWO MASTERS" SET AT NAUGHT 332 XXXVI.   MR. LORD'S LETTER 337 XXXVII.   "I HAVE COME BACK TO MY OWN!" 341 XXXVIII.   CORA UNDER ORDERS 356 XXXIX.   MYSTIFIED PEOPLE 367 XL.   DAVLIN'S "POINTS." 378 XLI.   THE DAYS PASS BY 385 XLII.   A STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM 389 XLIII.   THE DOCTOR'S WOOING 397 XLIV.   A FRESH COMPLICATION 403 XLV.   MRS. RALSTON'S STORY 409 XLVI.   CORA "STIRS UP THE ANIMALS." 416 XLVII.   THE BEGINNING OF THE END 423 XLVIII.   THE SWORD OF FATE 427 XLIX.   AS THE FOOL DIETH 442 L.   "AND THEN COMES REST." 447

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MADELINE PAYNE,

THE DETECTIVE'S DAUGHTER.

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CHAPTER I.

MAN PROPOSES.

"H'm! And you scarcely remember your mother, I suppose?"

"No, Lucian; I was such a mere babe when she died, I have often wondered what it would be like to have a mother. Auntie Hagar was always very kind to me, however; so kind, in fact, that my step-father, fearing, he said, that I would grow up self-willed and disobedient, sent her away, and procured the services of the ugly old woman you saw in the garden. Poor Auntie Hagar," sighed the girl, "she was sorely grieved at our parting and,