Chapter I: Front Matter

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HAND AND RING

by

ANNA KATHARINE GREEN

* * * * *

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

=The Leavenworth Case.= A LAWYER'S STORY. 16mo, cloth,
$1.00; paper, 50 cents; 4to, paper 20

=A Strange Disappearance.= 16mo, cloth, $1.00; paper 50

=The Sword of Damocles.= 16mo, cloth, $1.00; paper 50

=X. Y. Z.= A DETECTIVE STORY. 16mo, paper 25

=The Defence of the Bride, and other Poems.= Square,
8vo., flexible cloth 1 00

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, PUBLISHERS,
NEW YORK AND LONDON.

* * * * *

HAND AND RING

by

ANNA KATHARINE GREEN

Author of "The Leavenworth Case", "The Sword of Damocles", "The Defense of the Bride" Etc., Etc.

"For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak
with most miraculous organ."

G. P. Putnam's Sons New York: 27 & 29 West 23d Street London: 25 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden 1883

Copyright by Anna Katharine Green 1883

Press of G. P. Putnam's Sons New York

CONTENTS.

_BOOK I._

THE GENTLEMAN FROM TOLEDO.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. A Startling Coincidence 1
II. An Appeal to Heaven 17
III. The Unfinished Letter 31
IV. Imogene 49
V. Horace Byrd 67
VI. The Skill of an Artist 85
VII. Miss Firman 95
VIII. The Thick-set Man 115
IX. Close Calculations 128
X. The Final Test 146
XI. Decision 162

_BOOK II._

THE WEAVING OF A WEB.

XII. The Spider 168
XIII. The Fly 175
XIV. A Last Attempt 189
XV. The End of a Tortuous Path 199
XVI. Storm 205
XVII. A Surprise 213
XVIII. A Brace of Detectives 214
XIX. Mr. Ferris 233
XX. A Crisis 245
XXI. A Heart's Martyrdom 258
XXII. Craik Mansell 264
XXIII. Mr. Orcutt 278
XXIV. A True Bill 299
XXV. Among Telescopes and Charts 306
XXVI. "He Shall Hear Me!" 313

_BOOK III._

THE SCALES OF JUSTICE.

XXVII. The Great Trial 315
XXVIII. The Chief Witness for the Prosecution 322
XXIX. The Opening of the Defence 350
XXX. Byrd Uses his Pencil Again 356
XXXI. The Chief Witness for the Defence 369
XXXII. Hickory 383
XXXIII. A Late Discovery 392
XXXIV. What Was Hid Behind Imogene's Veil 411
XXXV. Pro and Con 436
XXXVI. A Mistake Rectified 465
XXXVII. Under the Great Tree 475
XXXVIII. Unexpected Words 502
XXXIX. Mr. Gryce 516
XL. In the Prison 529
XLI. A Link Supplied 555
XLII. Consultations 568
XLIII. Mrs. Firman 573
XLIV. The Widow Clemmens 587
XLV. Mr. Gryce Says Good-bye 600

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE
"'Look out,' cried the detective, 'or you will get yourself
into trouble,' and he tightened his grip on the old
creature's arm." _Frontispiece_

"Taking her hand in his, he looked at her long and
searchingly. 'Imogene,' he exclaimed, 'there is
something weighing on your heart.'" 58

"He paused, sick and horror-stricken. Her face had risen
upon him from the back of the chair, and was staring
at him like that of a Medusa." 252

Diagram 364

"The curtains parted and disclosed the form of Imogene.
'I am coming,' she murmured, and stepped forth." 402

NOTE.--A portion of these illustrations originally
appeared in _Frank Leslie's Illustrated
Newspaper_, and have been used in this volume
through the courtesy of Mrs. Leslie.

HAND AND RING.