THE ODD TRUMP. A NOVEL.
NEW YORK:
E. J. HALE & SON, PUBLISHERS,
MURRAY STREET.
1875.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by E. J. HALE & SON, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
TO
WILLIAM HAND BROWNE
THIS INITIAL VOLUME
IS INSCRIBED
BY HIS
OBLIGED FRIEND,
THE AUTHOR.
PREFACE.
In the course of a journey from the border of fair Devon to the northern counties, it happened that a traveller was detained at Gloucester. He had arrived too late to catch the London train. The hours of compulsory delay were employed in explorations of the quaint old city and its suburbs; in loitering in the Cathedral, and listening to the grand anthem sung by an invisible choir, while the organ peals resounded among the ancient arches. The scenes and incidents of that Summer day were brought to mind in later wanderings—mingling with fragments of real history, solid and touching—and with the attenuated substance of dreams and fancies; and the story grew out of these materials.
It has been asserted somewhat emphatically, "that no Novel could attain popularity in these degenerate days, unless there were woven into the texture of it some form of assault upon morals or theology. Either indelicacy or unbelief, either a plot constructed upon some violation of established canons of virtue and purity, or the announcement of broad denials of commonly received dogmas of Christian faith. The attack upon morals, if not made in dramatic style, may consist only of allusions or hints, more or less suggestive; that upon theology may be only a sneer at the effete theories of a past age, and may be chiefly objectionable because of the flippant use of names and subjects that are held in reverence by the wise and virtuous. But to succeed, the novel must contain one of these objectionable features."
Should THE ODD TRUMP win popular favor, it will disprove this assertion.
page: vi-vii (Table of Contents) [View Page vi-vii (Table of Contents) ]CONTENTS.
BOOK I. THE PICTURE CARDS.
- CHAPTER I. The Rescue. 9
- II. Miss Merton. 15
- III. Lunatics. 21
- IV. Mr. Anthony Grippe. 26
- V. Helose. 31
- VI. Mabel. 35
- VII. Radcliffe Merton. 39
- VIII. On the Watch. 43
- IX. Fencing. 48
- X. Sybil. 53
- XI. Trade. 57
- XII. Browler Brothers. 62
- XIII. D. W. C. Stratton. 66
BOOK II. THE GAME AT BEECHWOOD.
- CHAPTER XIV. Haunted. 72
- XV. Retrospective. 76
- XVI. Balked. 79
- XVII. M. G. 84
- XVIII. Ghostly. 88
- XIX. Going to Gloucester. 93
- XX. Gloucester Cathedral. 97
- XXI. Mrs. Hamet. 103
- XXII. The Black Ghosts. 109
- XXIII. Morning Calls. 114
- XXIV. Dora's Ghost. 120
- XXV. Memnon's Memories. 126
- XXVI. Laying the Ghost. 131
BOOK III. THE BANK'S GAME.
- CHAPTER XXVII. Gossip. 136
- XXVIII. The Dorado Mine. 141
- XXIX. The Halidon Dinner. 145
- XXX. The South Terrace. 151
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- XXXI. Another Departure. 155
- XXXII. Asthmatic. 159
- XXXIII. The Start. 165
- XXXIV. Clinton's Story. 169
- XXXV. A Change of Purpose. 173
- XXXVI. Travelling Companions. 179
- XXXVII. A Transfer. 184
- XXXVIII. Too Late. 190
- XXXIX. A Disagreement. 194
BOOK IV. ROUGE ET NOIR AT BADEN.
- CHAPTER XL. Maison Rouge. 198
- XLI. L'Abme Noir. 202
- XLII. Dora's Journey. 206
- XLIII. Mr. Grippe's Luck. 211
- XLIV. The Encounter. 216
- XLV. The Will. 221
- XLVI. Exit Dora. 225
BOOK V. SOME ODD TRICKS.
- CHAPTER XLVII. Another. 231
- XLVIII. The Liberal Trio. 236
- XLIX. Tiger. 241
- L. Dorado Again. 243
- LI. Prince Prettyman. 248
- LII. Stock Transfers. 253
- LIII. Resemblances. 258
- LIV. Still Another. 263
- LV. Loss and Gain268
- LVI. The Ghost Reappears. 272
- LVII. An Approaching Crisis. 277
- LVIII. The Second Rescue. 282
- LIX. Sword Play. 287
- LX. High Dutch. 292
BOOK VI. THE HALIDON RUBBER.
- CHAPTER LXI. Exit Radcliffe. 297
- LXII. Some Dismissals. 302
- LXIII. Cross Purposes. 304
- LXIV. Crosser. 309
- LXV. A Confession. 313
- LXVI. The Last Another. 318
- LXVII. The Trump Holder. 322
