THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES

A STORY OF NEW YORK LIFE.

BY ANNA KATHARINE GREEN

AUTHOR OF "THE LEAVENWORTH CASE," "A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE," ETC.

NEW YORK
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
27 & 29 West 23D Street

1881

Copyright, 1881, by G. P. Putnam's Sons.

TO
MY FATHER
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK
AS EXPRESSING SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES OF
JUSTICE AND MERCY WHICH,
BY PRECEPT AND EXAMPLE, HE HAS
INSTILLED INTO MY
BREAST
FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD.

New York, April, 1881.

"When all else fails love saves"

CONTENTS.

BOOK I. TWO MEN.

I.—A Wanderer
II.—A Discussion
III.—A Mysterious Summons
IV.—Searchings
V.—The Rubicon
VI.—A Hand Clasp
VII.—Mrs. Sylvester
VIII.—Shadows of the Past
IX.—Paula
X.—The Barred Door
XI.—Miss Stuyvesant
XII.—Miss Belinda Makes Conditions
XIII.—The End of My Lady's Picture

BOOK II. LIFE AND DEATH.

XIV.—Miss Belinda has a Question to Decide
XV.—An Adventure—or Something More
XVI.—The Sword of Damocles
XVII.—Grave and Gay
XVIII.—In the Night Watches
XIX.—A Day at the Bank
XX.—The Dregs in the Cup
XXI.—Departure
XXII.—Hopgood

BOOK III. THE JAPHA MYSTERY.

XXIII.—The Poem
XXIV.—The Japha Mansion
XXV.—Jacqueline
XXVI.—A Man's Justice and a Woman's Mercy
XXVII.—The Lone Watcher
XXVIII.—Sunshine on the Hills
XXIX.—Mist in the Valley

BOOK IV. FROM A. TO Z.

XXX.—Miss Belinda Presents Mr. Sylvester with a Christmas Gift
XXXI.—A Question
XXXII.—Full