Preface

BURNHAM BREAKER

BY

HOMER GREENE

AUTHOR OF"THE BLIND BROTHER"

TO MY FATHER,

WHOSE GRAY HAIRS I HONOR, AND WHOSE PERFECT MANHOOD I REVERE,

THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR.

HONESDALE, PENN., SEPT. 29, 1887.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER

I. A SURPRISE IN THE SCREEN-ROOM

II. A STRANGE VISITOR

III. A BRILLIANT SCHEME

IV. A SET OF RESOLUTIONS

V. IN SEARCH OF A MOTHER

VI. BREAKING THE NEWS

VII. RHYMING JOE

VIII. A FRIEND IN NEED

IX. A FRIEND INDEED

X. AT THE BAR OF THE COURT

XI. THE EVIDENCE IN THE CASE

XII. AT THE GATES OF PARADISE

XIII. THE PURCHASE OF A LIE

XIV. THE ANGEL WITH THE SWORD

XV. AN EVENTFUL JOURNEY

XVI. A BLOCK IN THE WHEEL

XVII. GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY

XVIII. A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

XIX. BACK TO THE BREAKER

XX. THE FIRE IN THE SHAFT

XXI. A PERILOUS PASSAGE

XXII. IN THE POWER OF DARKNESS

XXIII. A STROKE OF LIGHTNING

XXIV. AT THE DAWN OF DAY