FAULKNER’S
FOLLY

BY
CAROLYN WELLS
AUTHOR OF “THE BRIDE OF A MOMENT”

NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1917,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1917,
BY THE FRANK A. MUNSEY COMPANY.

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. In the Studio 9

II. Where They Stood 23

III. What They Said 37

IV. Goldenheart 51

V. Blake’s Story 65

VI. Mrs. Faulkner’s Account 79

VII. Natalie Not Joyce 94

VIII. The Emeralds 108

IX. One or the Other 123

X. Orienta 137

XI. Sealed Envelopes 151

XII. A Vision 165

XIII. An Alibi Needed 180

XIV. From Seven to Seventy 192

XV. Natalie in Danger 206

XVI. Confession and Arrest 220

XVII. Alan Ford 234

XVIII. Questions and Answers 248

XIX. Ford’s Day 262

XX. On the Staircase 276

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