The Project Gutenberg eBook, Sons and Fathers, by Harry Stillwell Edwards

Title: Sons and Fathers

Author: Harry Stillwell Edwards

Release Date: May 14, 2011 [eBook #36112]

Language: English

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SONS AND FATHERS

BY HARRY STILLWELL EDWARDS.

PUBLISHED BY
THE J. W. BURKE COMPANY
MACON, GEORGIA

THE FIRST-PRIZE STORY The Chicago Record's series of "Stories of Mystery"

This story—out of 816 competing—was awarded the FIRST PRIZE—$10,000—in
The Chicago Record's "$30,000 to Authors" competition.

Copyright 1896, by Harry Stillwell Edwards.
Copyright 1921, by Harry Stillwell Edwards.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. TWO SONS.
CHAPTER II. THE STRANGER ON THE THRESHOLD.
CHAPTER III. A BREATH FROM THE OLD SOUTH.
CHAPTER IV. THE MOTHER'S ROOM.
CHAPTER V. THE STRANGER IN THE LIBRARY.
CHAPTER VI. "WHO SAYS THERE CAN BE A 'TOO LATE' FOR THE IMMORTAL MIND?"
CHAPTER VII. "BACK! WOULD YOU MURDER HER?"
CHAPTER VIII. ON THE BACK TRAIL.
CHAPTER IX. THE TRAGEDY IN THE STORM.
CHAPTER X. "GOD PITY ME! GOD PITY ME!"
CHAPTER XI. IN THE CRIMSON OF SUNSET.
CHAPTER XII. THE OLD SOUTH VERSUS THE NEW.
CHAPTER XIII. FEELING THE ENEMY.
CHAPTER XIV. THE OLD SOUTH DRAWS THE SWORD.
CHAPTER XV. "IN ALL THE WORLD, NO FAIRER FLOWER THAN THIS!"
CHAPTER XVI. BEYOND THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT.
CHAPTER XVII. "IF I MEET THE MAN!"
CHAPTER XVIII. HOW THE CHALLENGE WAS WRITTEN.
CHAPTER XIX. BROUGHT TO BAY.
CHAPTER XX. IN THE HANDS OF THEIR FRIENDS.
CHAPTER XXI. "THE WITNESS IS DEAD."
CHAPTER XXII. THE DUEL AT SUNRISE.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE SHADOW OVER THE HALL.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE PROFILE ON THE MOON.
CHAPTER XXV. THE MIDNIGHT SEARCH.
CHAPTER XXVI. GATHERING THE CLEWS.
CHAPTER XXVII. THE FACE THAT CAME IN DREAMS.
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE THREE PICTURES.
CHAPTER XXIX. "HOME SWEET HOME."
CHAPTER XXX. THE RAINBOW IN THE MIST.
CHAPTER XXXI. THE HAND OF SCIENCE.
CHAPTER XXXII. THE FLASHLIGHT PHOTOGRAPH.