In Sight of St. Paul's — page 63: what you’re looking at

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58 | A CRUSHING BLOW. CHAPTER IV. A CRUSHING BLOW. Among Mr. Chichester’s guests that night was a certain Captain Gridston, whom we have already heard the elder son of the house mention in connec- tion with Mrs. Dell. How he obtained his title, or what his profession was, nobody seemed to know, but, as he was always well dressed, gentlemanly in his manners, and seemed to have plenty of money, he had been accepted more or less graciously in society, and had even managed to be elected a member of one of the fashionable clubs. | There were several people, however, if they so de- sired, who could have told strange tales of the so- called captain, and one of these people was Cynthia Dell. Hoes There had been a time when she had felt a fleeting fancy, for the good-looking adventurer, for Gridston was nothing more nor less than this, and the two had been confederates in more than one shady transaction, but, although they still remained intimates, the Panther had long ceased to care anything for him. GComicbooks.¢co m