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Title: In Her Own Right

Author: John Reed Scott

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IN HER OWN RIGHT

by

JOHN REED SCOTT

Author of "The Last Try," "The Woman In Question," "The Princess
Dehra," Etc.

With Illustrations in Color By Clarence F. Underwood

[Illustration: "TELL ME ALL ABOUT YOURSELF," HE SAID
_Page 328_]

A. L. Burt Company
Publishers
New York

Copyright, 1911
by John Reed Scott

Published May, 1911

DEDICATED

TO

S. W. C

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I. Broken 11
II. Good-bye 23
III. Clarendon 35
IV. Parmenter's Bequest 51
V. Miss Carrington 68
VI. Confidence and Scruples 88
VII. Greenberry Point 104
VIII. Stolen 120
IX. The Way Out 135
X. Pirate's Gold Breeds Pirate's Ways 150
XI. Elaine Cavendish 170
XII. One Learned in the Law 185
XII. I Could Tell Some Things 203
XIV. The Symphony in Blue 217
XV. An Old Ruse 232
XVI. The Marabou Muff 247
XVII. A Handkerchief and a Glove 264
XVIII. The Lone House by the Bay 281
XIX. Robert Parmenter's Successors 298