By the Author of "As Common Mortals"
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493—The Girl He Loved
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By Adelaide Stirling
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494—Voyagers of Fortune
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By St. George Rathborne
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495—Norine's Revenge
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By May Agnes Fleming
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496—The Missing Heiress
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By C. H. Montague
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497—A Chase for Love
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By Seward W. Hopkins
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498—Andrew Leicester's Love
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By Effie Adelaide Rowlands
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499—My Lady Cinderella
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By Mrs. C. N. Williamson
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500—Love and Spite
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By Adelaide Stirling
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501—Her Husband's Secret
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By Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
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502—Fair Maid Marian
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By Mrs. Emma Garrison Jones
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503—A Lady in Black
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By Florence Warden
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504—Evelyn, the Actress
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By Wenona Gilman
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505—Selina's Love-story
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By Effie Adelaide Rowlands
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506—A Secret Foe
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By Gertrude Warden
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507—A Mad Betrothal
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By Laura Jean Libbey
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508—Lottie and Victorine
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By Lucy Randall Comfort
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509—A Penniless Princess
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By Emma Garrison Jones
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510—Doctor Jack's Paradise Mine
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By St. George Rathborne
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513—A Sensational Case
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By Florence Warden
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514—The Temptation of Mary Barr
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By Effie Adelaide Rowlands
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515—Tiny Luttrell (Author of "Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman")
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By E. W. Hornung
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516—Florabel's Lover
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By Laura Jean Libbey
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517—They Looked and Loved
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By Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
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518—The Secret of a Letter
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By Gertrude Warden
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521—The Witch from India
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By St. George Rathborne
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522—A Spurned Proposal
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By Effie Adelaide Rowlands
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523—A Banker of Bankersville
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By Maurice Thompson
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524—A Sacrifice of Pride
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By Mrs. Louisa Parr
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525—Sweet Kitty Clover
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By Laura Jean Libbey
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526—Love and Hate
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By Morley Roberts
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527—For Love and Glory
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By St. George Rathborne
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528—Adela's Ordeal
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By Florence Warden
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529—Hearts Aflame
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By Louise Winter
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530—The Wiles of a Siren
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By Effie Adelaide Rowlands
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532—True to His Bride
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By Emma Garrison Jones
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533—A Forgotten Love
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By Adelaide Stirling
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534—Lotta, the Cloak Model
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By Laura Jean Libbey
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535—The Trifler
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By Archibald Eyre
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536—Companions in Arms
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By St. George Rathborne
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538—The Fighting Chance
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By Gertrude Lynch
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539—A Heart's Triumph
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By Effie Adelaide Rowlands
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540—A Daughter of Darkness
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By Ida Reade Allen
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541—Her Evil Genius
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By Adelaide Stirling
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543—The Veiled Bride
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By Laura Jean Libbey
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544—In Love's Name
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By Emma Garrison Jones
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545—Well Worth Winning
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By St. George Rathborne
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546—The Career of Mrs. Osborne
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By Helen Milecete
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549—Tempted by Love
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By Effie Adelaide Rowlands
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550—Saved from Herself
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By Adelaide Stirling
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551—Pity—Not Love
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By Laura Jean Libbey
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552—At the Court of the Maharaja
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By Louis Tracy
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LESLIE'S LOYALTY
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CHAPTER I.
LESLIE LISLE.
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Nobody ever goes to Portmaris; that is to say, nobody who is anybody. It lies—but no matter, ours shall not be the hand to ruin its simplicity by advertising its beauties and advantages, and directing the madding crowd to its sylvan retreat. At present the golden sands which line the bay are innocent of the negro troupe, the peripatetic conjurer, and the monster in human form who pesters you to purchase hideous objects manufactured from shells and cardboard.
A time may come when Portmaris will develop into an Eastbourne or a Brighton, a Scarborough or a Hastings; but, Heaven be praised, that time is not yet, and Portmaris, like an unconscious village beauty, goes on its way as yet ignorant of its loveliness.
At present there are about a dozen houses, most of them fishermen's cottages; a church, hidden in a hollow a mile away from the restless sea; and an inn which is satisfied with being an inn, and has not yet learned to call itself a hotel.
Two or three of the fisherfolk let lodgings, to which come those fortunate individuals
