The Two Lawyers: A Novel

Contents.

Chapter	Page
I.—The Perryman Household—Arrival of the Hobarts in Timaru	5
II.—Frank falls in love with Clara	16
III.—Matthew Grant tells his Story	17
IV.—Adeath-bed Confession	35
V.—John Hobart's Plot	40
VI.—How Clara was deceived	46
VII.—Frank proposes	49
VIII.—Hobart meets with a surprise, and Mr. Felix Fixer appears on the scene	55
IX.—Hobart receives an unwelcome letter	62
X.—A rupture betwen Hobart and his victim	76
XI.—Grant discovers the elopement of his daughter, and obtains his release	83
XII.—Mr. Fixer's little scheme	95
XIII.—Matthew at the Dunolly diggings	104
XIV.—Fixer and Co. in full swing	116
XV.—Timaru in its early days	122
XVI.—A crime and its consequences—A bush-ranging adventure	128
XVII.—Louie Branscombe—Clara makes conditions with Hobart	143
XVIII.—What happened at Hobart's party—An unwilling listener—Mr. Fixer brushes up his partner's memory	153
XIX.—The land spec	172
XX.—Frank and Louie	177
XXI.—Grant is made the victim of a practical joke and meets with an old friend	185
XXII.—Clara receives news of her father	216
XXIII.—The land spec fails—Frank discovers that he is in love with Louie	228
XXIV.—The meeting of father and daughter—Hobart's villiany unmasked—Fixer takes a sea voyage	239
XXV.—The trial—Conclusion	259