THE COLOSSUS

A NOVEL

BY

OPIE READ

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.  LOOKING BACK AT EARLY LIFE
CHAPTER II.  A SLEEPY VILLAGE AND A FUSSY OLD MAN
CHAPTER III.  ALL WAS DARKNESS
CHAPTER IV.  A STRANGE REQUEST
CHAPTER V.  DISSECTING A MOTIVE
CHAPTER VI.  WAITING AT THE STATION
CHAPTER VII.  A MOTHER'S AFFECTION
CHAPTER VIII.  THE DOMAIN OF A GREAT MERCHANT
CHAPTER IX.  THE INTERVIEWERS
CHAPTER X.  ROMPED WITH THE GIRL
CHAPTER XI.  ACKNOWLEDGED BY SOCIETY
CHAPTER XII.  A DEMOCRACY
CHAPTER XIII.  BUTTING AGAINST A WALL
CHAPTER XIV.  A DIFFERENT HANDWRITING
CHAPTER XV.  TOLD HIM HER STORY
CHAPTER XVI.  AN AROUSER OF THE SLEEPY
CHAPTER XVII.  AN OLD MAN WOULD INVEST
CHAPTER XVIII.  THE INVESTMENT
CHAPTER XIX.  ARRESTED EVERYWHERE
CHAPTER XX.  CRIED A SENSATION
CHAPTER XXI.  A HELPLESS OLD WOMAN
CHAPTER XXII.  TO GO ON A VISIT
CHAPTER XXIII.  HENRY'S INCONSISTENCY
CHAPTER XXIV.  WORE A ROSE ON HIS COAT
CHAPTER XXV.  IMPATIENTLY WAITING
CHAPTER XXVI.  TOLD IT ALL
CHAPTER XXVII.  POINTS OUT HER BROTHER'S DUTY
CHAPTER XXVIII.  THE VERDICT
CHAPTER XXIX.  A DAY OF REST
CHAPTER XXX.  A MOTHER'S REQUEST
CHAPTER XXXI.  A MOMENT OF ARROGANCE
CHAPTER XXXII.  A MOST PECULIAR FELLOW
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