THE FIRM OF GIRDLESTONE
By
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
TO MY OLD FRIEND
PROFESSOR WILLIAM K. BURTON,
OF THE
WHO FIRST ENCOURAGED ME, YEARS AGO, TO PROCEED WITH
THIS LITTLE STORY,
I DESIRE AFFECTIONATELY TO
DEDICATE IT.
THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS:
CHAPTER
I. MR. JOHN HARSTON KEEPS AN APPOINTMENT.
CHAPTER
II. CHARITY A LA MODE.
CHAPTER
III. THOMAS GILRAY MAKES AN INVESTMENT.
CHAPTER
IV. CAPTAIN HAMILTON MIGGS OF THE "BLACK EAGLE."
CHAPTER
VI. A RECTORIAL ELECTION.
CHAPTER
VII. ENGLAND VERSUS SCOTLAND.
CHAPTER
VIII. A FIRST PROFESSIONAL.
CHAPTER
X. DWELLERS IN BOHEMIA.
CHAPTER
XI. SENIOR AND JUNIOR.
CHAPTER
XII. A CORNER IN DIAMONDS.
CHAPTER
XIII. SHADOW AND LIGHT.
CHAPTER
XIV. A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING.
CHAPTER
XV. AN ADDITION TO THE HOUSE.
CHAPTER
XVII. THE LAND OF DIAMONDS.
CHAPTER
XVIII. MAJOR TOBIAS CLUTTERBUCK COMES IN FOR A THOUSAND POUNDS.
CHAPTER
XIX. NEWS FROM THE URALS.
CHAPTER
XX. MR. HECTOR O'FLAHERTY FINDS SOMETHING IN THE PAPER.
CHAPTER
XXI. AN UNEXPECTED BLOW.
CHAPTER
XXII. ROBBERS AND ROBBED.
CHAPTER
XXIII. A MOMENTOUS RESOLUTION.
CHAPTER
XXIV. A DANGEROUS PROMISE.
CHAPTER
XXV. A CHANGE OF FRONT.
CHAPTER
XXVI. BREAKING GROUND.
CHAPTER
XXVII. MRS. SCULLY OF MORRISON'S.
CHAPTER
XXVIII. BACK IN BOHEMIA.
CHAPTER
XXIX. THE GREAT DANCE AT MORRISON'S.
CHAPTER
XXX. AT THE "COCK AND COWSLIP."
CHAPTER
XXXI. A CRISIS AT ECCLESTON SQUARE.
CHAPTER
XXXII. A CONVERSATION IN THE ECCLESTON SQUARE LIBRARY.
CHAPTER
XXXIII. THE JOURNEY TO THE PRIORY.
CHAPTER
XXXIV. THE MAN WITH THE CAMP-STOOL.
CHAPTER
XXXV. A TALK ON THE LAWN.
CHAPTER
XXXVI. THE INCIDENT OF THE CORRIDOR.
CHAPTER
XXXVII. A CHASE AND A BRAWL.
CHAPTER
XXXVIII. GIRDLESTONE SENDS FOR THE DOCTOR.
CHAPTER
XXXIX. A GLEAM OF LIGHT.
CHAPTER
XL. THE MAJOR HAS A LETTER.
CHAPTER
XLII. THE THREE FACES AT THE WINDOW.
CHAPTER
XLIII. THE BAIT ON THE HOOK.
CHAPTER
XLIV. THE SHADOW OF DEATH.
CHAPTER
XLV. THE INVASION OF HAMPSHIRE.
CHAPTER
XLVI. A MIDNIGHT CRUISE.
CHAPTER
XLVIII. CAPTAIN HAMILTON MIGGS SEES A VISION.
CHAPTER
XLIX. A VOYAGE IN A COFFIN SHIP.
CHAPTER
L. WINDS UP THE THREAD AND TIES TWO KNOTS AT THE END.
I cannot let this small romance go to press without
prefacing it with a word of cordial thanks to Mr. P. G. Houlgrave, of 28,