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THE
PROTECTOR
BY
HAROLD BINDLOSS
Author of "The Impostor," "Hawtrey's Deputy,"
"The Pioneer," etc., etc.
W A R D , L
L I M I T
LONDON, MELBOURNE AND
TORONTO
1918
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I—A FRIEND IN NEED.
CHAPTER II—A BREEZE OF
WIND.
CHAPTER III—AN AFTERNOON
ASHORE.
CHAPTER IV—A CHANGE OF
ENVIRONMENT.
CHAPTER V—THE OLD
COUNTRY.
CHAPTER VI—UPON THE
HEIGHTS.
CHAPTER VII—STORM-STAYED.
CHAPTER VIII—LUCY VANE.
CHAPTER IX—CHISHOLM
PROVES AMENABLE.
CHAPTER X—WITH THE OTTER
HOUNDS.
CHAPTER XI—VANE
WITHDRAWS.
CHAPTER XII—VANE GROWS
RESTLESS.
CHAPTER XIII—A NEW
PROJECT.
CHAPTER XIV—VANE SAILS
NORTH.
CHAPTER XV—THE FIRST
MISADVENTURE.
CHAPTER XVI—THE BUSH.
CHAPTER XVII—VANE
POSTPONES THE SEARCH.
CHAPTER XVIII—JESSIE
CONFERS A FAVOUR.
CHAPTER XIX—VANE
FORESEES TROUBLE.
CHAPTER XX—THE FLOOD.
CHAPTER XXI—VANE YIELDS A
POINT.
CHAPTER XXII—EVELYN GOES
FOR A SAIL.
CHAPTER XXIII—VANE PROVES
OBDURATE.
CHAPTER XXIV—JESSIE
STRIKES.
CHAPTER XXV—THE
INTERCEPTED LETTER.
CHAPTER XXVI—ON THE
TRAIL.
CHAPTER XXVII—THE END OF
THE SEARCH.
CHAPTER XXVIII—CARROLL
SEEKS HELP.
CHAPTER XXIX—JESSIE’S
CONTRITION.
CHAPTER XXX—CONVINCING
TESTIMONY.
CHAPTER XXXI—VANE IS
REINSTATED.
THE PROTECTOR
CHAPTER I—A FRIEND IN NEED.
A. E. W.
1 Lawrence Clavering
Mason
3 Limitations E. F. Benson
Joseph
7 Roger Trewinion
Hocking
8 Half a Hero Anthony Hope
10 A Study in Scarlet A. Conan
Doyle
12 To Leeward F. Marion
Crawford
13 Comedies of A. Hope
Courtship
16 Lady Barbarity J. C. Snaith
Wm. Le
17 As We Forgive Them
Queux
Harold
18 Hawtrey’s Deputy
Bindloss
The Peer and the E. P.
19
Woman Oppenheim
21 Mr. Witt’s Widow Anthony Hope
22 The Unknown Lady Justus M.
Forman
24 Lord Stranleigh, Robert Barr
Philanthropist
25 The Master Mummer E. P.
Oppenheim
28 The Postmaster of
E. P.
Market Deignton Oppenheim
29 The Sign of the Wm. Le
Stranger Queux
E. P.
32 False Evidence
Oppenheim
33 The Tickencote Wm. Le
Treasure Queux
34 Mirabel’s Island Louis Tracy
Max
35 White Walls
Pemberton
36 The Lovers Eden
Phillpotts
38 The Vow Paul Trent
Joseph
39 The Purple Robe
Hocking
Harold
40 The Trustee
Bindloss
E. P.
41 Expiation
Oppenheim
Wm. Le
42 Mysteries Queux
43 The Foundling Paul Trent
E. P.
44 The Betrayal
Oppenheim
Harold
45 The Wastrel
Bindloss
46 The Room of Secrets Wm. Le
Queux
Justus M.
47 The Opening Door
Forman
48 Lest We Forget Joseph
Hocking
49 The Long Arm E. P.
Oppenheim
52 The Allinson Honour Harold
Bindloss
53 The Open Road Halliwell
Sutcliffe
54 The Master of Eden
Merripit Phillpotts
55 Max Logan Paul Trent
56 An Enemy Hath Done Joseph
This Hocking
E. P.
57 Mysterious Mr. Sabin
Oppenheim
59 The Heir to the A. W.
Throne Marchmont
Harold
60 Blake’s Burden
Bindloss
61 A Daughter of the
E. P.
Marionis Oppenheim
Wm. Le
63 The White Lie
Queux
64 Uncle Peter’s Will Silas K.
Hocking
65 Lord Stranleigh Robert Barr
Abroad
Justus M.
66 The Six Rubies
Forman
67 Leila and Her Lover Max
Pemberton
68 The Secret of the Reef Harold
Bindloss
Justus M.
69 The Blind Spot
Forman
70 Nesbit’s Compact Paul Trent
73 The White Horses Halliwell
Sutcliffe
Maurice
74 A Lovers’ Tale
Hewlett
Mrs. Humphry
75 Delia Blanchflower Ward
The Coming of the Joseph
76 King Hocking
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