This ebook edition has been proofed, corrected and compiled to be read with without errors!***Contents:A Note On Old Chelsea ChurchVolume I.I. Mr. Secretary Oxton Thinks Gerty Neville Little Better Than A FoolII. James Burton's Story: Shows The Disgraceful Lowness Of His OriginIII. James Burton's Story: Cousin ReubenIV. The Colonial Secretary Sees Snakes And Other VerminV. James Burton's Story : The Ghost's Room Is Invaded, And James Puts His Foot Through The FloorVI. James Burton's Story : The Preliminaries To The Momentous Expedition To StanlakeVII. The Battle Of Barkers GapVIII. James Burton's Story: The Immediate Results Of The Expedition To StanlakeIX. Sir George HillyarX. Erne Makes His Escape From The Brazen TowerXI. The Secretary Sees Nothing For It But To SubmitXII. Disposes Of Samuel Burton For A TimeXIII. James Burton's Story: The Golden Thread Begins To Run Off The ReelXIV. The Gleam Of The Autumn SunsetXV. In Which The Snake Creeps Out Of The GrassXVI. James Burton's Story: Erne And EmmaXVII. Erne And ReubenXVIII. James Burton's Story: Reuben And Sir George HillyarXIX. Samuel Burton Goes Into The Licensed Victualling LineXX. James Burton's Story: Reuben Entertains Mysterious And Unsatisfactory CompanyXXI. Gerty Goes On The War-TrailXXII. James Burton's Story: Very Low CompanyXXIII. James Burton's Story: The Hilltars And The Burtons Among The TombsXXIV. Homeward BoundXXV. Gertt's First InningsXXVI. James Burton's Story: James And His Sister Fall OutVolume II.I. James Burton's Story: The Ghost Shows A Light For The First TimeII. Affairs At StanlakeIII. James Burton's Story: The Beginning Of The Bad TimesIV. James Burton's Story: In Which Two Great Pieces Of Good Fortune Befall Us—One/Visible, The Other InvisibleV. George Begins To Take A New Interest In ReubenVI. Gerty's First Hibernation TerminatesVII. James Burton's Story: The Ghost Shows A Light For The Second TimeVIII. Sir George's EscritoireIX. James Burton's Story: Miss Brown's Troubles Come To An End, While Mr. Erne Hillyar's Fairly CommenceX. Le Roi Est Mort—Vive Le RoiXI. James Burton's Story: Erne's NurseXII. Sir George Hillyar Is Witness For CharacterXIII. Uncle Bob Surprises ErneXIV. The Last Of The ChurchyardXV. Emma's Work BeginsXVI. Emma Astonishes A Good Many People: The Members Or Her Family In ParticularXVII. Emma Gives The Key To The LandlordXVIII. James Burton's Story : Our Voyage, With A Long Description Of Some Queer Fish That We SawXIX. Gerty In SocietyXX. The Letter Which Was Not From Mrs. NalderXXI. Sir George Hillyar Starts On His AdventureXXII. James Burton's Story: The Forge Is Lit Up Once MoreXXIII. In Which Two Bad Pennies Come BackVolume III.I. Trevittick's Latent Madness Begins To AppearII. Changes In The Romilly HomeIII. Feeds The Boar At The Old Frank?IV. James Burton's Story: The Clayton MénageV. Emma's VisitVI. The Land SaleVII. The Burnt Hut CompanyVIII. The Last of the ForgeIX. Erne Goes On His AdventuresX. James Oxton Goes Out, And Widow North Comes InXI. Too Late! Too Late!XII. Husband And WifeXIII. Gerty's AnabasisXIV. Samuel Burton Gets A FrightXV. Samuel Burton's ResolutionXVI. Ex-Secretary Oxton Gets A LessonXVII. Something To DoXVIII. The Backstairs History Of Two Great CoalitionsXIX. Samuel Burton Makes His Last Visit To StanlakeXX. Sir George And Samuel Close TheirXXI. Reuben's TemptationXXII. James Burton's StoryXXIII. The Omeo DisasterXXIV. The Midnight MeetingXXV. The Sky BrighteningXXVI. Emma's Angelic MinistrationsXXVII. James Burton's Story: Captain Arkwright Goes Back Once MoreXXVIII. The CycloneXXIX. James Burton's Story: No AnswerXXX. Conclusion***an excerpt from the PREFACE:In this story, an uneducated girl, who might I fancy, after a year and a half at a boarding-school, have developed into a very noble lady, is arraigned before the reader, and awaits his judgment.The charge against her is, that by an overstrained idea of duty, she devoted herself to her brother, and made her lover but a secondary person. I am instructed to reply on her behalf, that in the struggle between inclination and what she considered her duty, she, right or wrong, held by duty at the risk of breaking her own heart.I suppose that most people have their opinion on the old question between love and duty. We can make no rule about it: we solve it continually, by weighing the circumstances which have forced it upon us, on instinct. With regard to the case of Emuia Burton I shall not state my own conclusions..