BY ALEX. ST. CLAIR ABRAMS.
CONTENTS
Colonel John H. Jossey . Of Macon, Georgia.
PREFACE.
THE TRIALS OF THE SOLDIER'S WIFE.
CHAPTER FIRST. THE "CRESCENT CITY" THE HUSBAND'S DEPARTURE.
CHAPTER SECOND. THE WIFE AND CHILDREN A VISITOR
CHAPTER THIRD. MR. HORACE AWTRY.
CHAPTER FOURTH. A POLITIC STROKE THE TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH.
CHAPTER FIFTH. JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI A HAPPY HOME.
CHAPTER SIXTH THE SPECTATOR AND EXTORTIONER.
CHAPTER SEVENTH. THE HUSBAND A PRISONER EXILE OF THE SOLDIER'S WIFE.
CHAPTER EIGHTH. THE PRISONERS THE HUSBAND AND THE LOVER.
CHAPTER NINTH. ROOM TO RENT.
CHAPTER TENTH. THE NEW HOME.
CHAPTER ELEVENTH. THE ATTEMPTED ESCAPE.
CHAPTER TWELFTH. THE STARVING CHILDREN.
CHAPTER THIRTEENTH. THE APPEAL FOR CREDIT
CHAPTER FOURTEENTH. DR. HUMPHRIES BUYS A SLAVE AND BRINGS HOME NEWS.
CHAPTER FIFTEENTH. ARRIVAL OF HARRY.
CHAPTER SIXTEENTH. MR. ELDER DEMANDS HIS RENT. NOTICE TO QUIT.
CHAPTER SEVENTEENTH. THE EJECTMENT
CHAPTER EIGHTEENTH. THE RESTING PLACE ANOTHER VISIT TO MR. SWARTZ.
CHAPTER NINETEENTH. AN ACT OF DESPAIR.
CHAPTER TWENTIETH THE DYING CHILD.
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIRST. THE INTRUSION.
CHAPTER TWENTY-SECOND. IMPRISONMENT OF THE SOLDIER'S WIFE.
CHAPTER TWENTY-THIRD. THE COMMITTAL.
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOURTH. RETURN OF ALFRED WENTWORTH A STRANGER.
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIFTH THE TWO SLAVES THE GLIMMER OF LIGHT.
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIXTH. THE RECOGNITION.
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVENTH. TRIAL OF MRS. WENTWORTH THE ADVOCATE.
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHTH. THE VERDICT THE HUSBAND AND WIFE ARREST OF AWTRY.
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINTH. THE EYE OF GOD THE MANIAC WIFE.
CHAPTER THIRTIETH. DEATH OF THE SOLDIER'S WIFE.
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIRST. CONCLUSION.
EVA AND ELLA WENTWORTH. "Their troubles o'er, they rest in peace." 1863
APPENDIX
Transcriber's Note:
The author states in the Appendix "The book which our readers have just completed perusing, is filled with many errors; too many, in fact, for any literary work to contain."
Only the very obvious errors have been corrected.
