Sword of Fortune

This story reveals the author as a master of the breathless pace which
whirls a reader along whether he will or not.

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Courage of the Outcast

By

W. H. Slater

How would you feel after escaping from prison upon the morning fixed
for your execution? Which would predominate--thankfulness for the
escape, or the paralysing terror of recapture? The issue is of
necessity dramatic and full of movement, and Mr. Slater has made the
utmost of the opportunities inherent in such a vivid opening, and the
result is a novel as convincing as it is exciting. The end is that
free pardon which our authorities give for a crime that has never been
committed. We could not read COURAGE OF THE OUTCAST otherwise. It is
all so real.

The Author can write a rattling good yarn, full of excitement and real
mystery. Thoroughly brisk in action, the story is told in a virile and
spirited manner.

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Lights and Shadows

By

Effie Adelaide Rowlands

When the wealthy Miss Martingate died she left her money away from the
family and to her servant Hester Slayde. Michael alone of the family
showed himself kindly disposed, and Hester's path was by no means one
of roses. Then, close upon her good fortune, arrived the letter from
Elizabeth Charlbury to the dead woman, asking for help. How the help
was not denied her by Hester Slayde, and what gratitude, or
ingratitude, was returned for it, and what byways were entered by those
chiefly concerned, is told by Miss Rowlands with all her accustomed
skill in telling a romance.

_Other popular Stories by this Author:_

The Rose of Life The Game of Life
Carlton's Wife A Dangerous Woman
They Laugh that Win The Flame of Love
In Love's Land Young Hearts
A Girl with a Heart Through Weal and Through Woe
Love's Young Dream Out of a Clear Sky
Money or Wife? Brave Love
Sunset and Dawn The Man from the West
The Man she Loved

"Miss Rowlands has the reputation of producing extremely readable
wholesome novels."--_The Aberdeen Journal_.

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Castle Perilous

By

Katharine Tynan

Maurice, still suffering from the effects of a serious wound received
in the trenches, was completely dominated by his old schoolmistress,
who had g