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JASHER'S LUCK
X THE DON AND HIS DAUGHTER
XI THE MANUSCRIPT
XII A DISCOVERY
XIII MORE MYSTERY
XIV THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS
XV AN ACCUSATION
XVI THE MANUSCRIPT AGAIN
XVII CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
XVIII RECOGNITION
XIX NEARER THE TRUTH
XX THE LETTER
XXI A STORY OF THE PAST
XXII A WEDDING PRESENT
XXIII JUST IN TIME
XXIV A CONFESSION
XXV THE MILLS OF GOD
XXVI THE APPOINTMENT
XXVII BY THE RIVER


The Green Mummy


CHAPTER I
THE LOVERS

"I am very angry," pouted the maid.
"In heaven's name, why?" questioned the bachelor.
"You have, so to speak, bought me."
"Impossible: your price is prohibitive."
"Indeed, when a thousand pounds--"
"You are worth fifty and a hundred times as much. Pooh!"
"That interjection doesn't answer my question."
"I don't think it is one which needs answering," said the young
man lightly; "there are more important things to talk about than
pounds, shillings, and sordid pence."
"Oh, indeed! Such as--"
"Love, on a day such as this is. Look at the sky, blue as your
eyes; at the sunshine, golden as your hair."
"Warm as your affection, you should say.


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