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[Illustration: frontcover]






THE NETHER MILLSTONE






[Illustration: She came slowly down the steps and stood between the two
men (Page 32.) _Frontispiece_]






THE NETHER MILLSTONE



BY
FRED M. WHITE
AUTHOR OF
"THE SLAVE OF SILENCE," "THE CRIMSON BLIND,"
"THE WEIGHT OF THE CROWN," ETC.


_ILLUSTRATED_



BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1907






Copyright, 1905,
By WARD, LOCK, AND COMPANY.
Copyright, 1907,
BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
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_All Rights Reserved_



Published September 1907



Printers
S. J. Parkhill & Co., Boston, U.S.A.






CONTENTS

CHAPTER
        I. "The Caste of Vere de Vere."
       II. Dashwood Hall.
      III. Horace Mayfield.
       IV. A Leaf from the Past.
        V. The Sacrifice.
       VI. A Cruel Misunderstanding.
      VII. The Only Way.
     VIII. Found!
       IX. The Parting Guest.
        X. Skin Deep.
       XI. The Dowager Lady Dashwood.
      XII. Lady Dashwood Sees a Ghost.
     XIII. Desecration!
      XIV. A Fierce Temptation.
       XV. Not Quite Too Late.
      XVI. The Unfinished Word.
     XVII. Breathing Time.
    XVIII. A Flaming Sword.
      XIX. A Guardian Angel.
       XX. Half Told.
      XXI. Vincent Dashwood.
     XXII. Who Did It?
    XXIII. The Silver Clue.
     XXIV. A Fresh Calamity.
      XXV. Pride or Prejudice.
     XXVI. In Reckless Mood.
    XXVII. A Warning.
   XXVIII. Moral Force.
     XXIX. Strategy.
      XXX. The