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Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.
THE SCARLET HOUSE OF SIN.
Death to the Inquisitive!
A STORY OF SINFUL LOVE.
BY
LURANA W. SHELDON,
"Nay, do not ask—
In pity from the task forbear:
Smile on—nor venture to unmask
Man's heart, and view the Hell that's there."
NEW YORK
W. D. ROWLAND, PUBLISHER
23 Chambers Street
1892
Copyright, 1892
BY
W. D. ROWLAND.
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE. | |
| I. | THE WHITECHAPEL MYSTERY | 5 |
| II. | A SUICIDAL ATTEMPT | 12 |
| III. | RESCUED BY THIEVES | 20 |
| IV. | THE SHAME-BORN CHILD | 26 |
| V. | MAURICE SINCLAIR | 33 |
| VI. | A PAINFUL REMINISCENCE | 40 |
| VII. | THE BREATH OF PASSION | 47 |
| VIII. | A MIDNIGHT CRIME | 54 |
| IX. | MAURICE SINCLAIR ESCAPES WITH HIS VICTIM | 61 |
| X. | THE SCARLET HOUSE OF SIN | 65 |
| XI. | JULIA WEBBER LAYS PLANS FOR REVENGE | 73 |
| XII. | A SINFUL LOVE | 77 |
| XIII. | THE CONTRACT BROKEN | 85 |
| XIV. | IN CENTRAL PARK | 93 |
| XV. | DEATH | 98 |
| XVI. | A DEER HUNT IN NEWFOUNDLAND | 104 |
| XVII. | BY THE ASHES OF A GUILTY HOUSE | 112 |
| XVIII. | STELLA IS RESTORED TO HER LOVER | |