CONTENTS
Alex. St. Clair Abrams
PAGE
PREFACE
5
I
THE "CRESCENT CITY"—THE HUSBAND'S DEPARTURE.
7
II
THE WIFE AND CHILDREN—A VISITOR
10
III
MR. HORACE AWTRY.
12
IV
A POLITIC STROKE—THE TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH.
16
V
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI—A HAPPY HOME.
19
VI
THE SPECTATOR AND EXTORTIONER.
22
VII
THE HUSBAND A PRISONER—EXILE OF THE SOLDIER'S WIFE.
24
VIII
THE PRISONERS—THE HUSBAND AND THE LOVER.
28
IX
ROOM TO RENT.
31
X
THE NEW HOME.
34
XI
THE ATTEMPTED ESCAPE.
36
XII
THE STARVING CHILDREN.
43
XIII
THE APPEAL FOR CREDIT.
48
XIV
DR. HUMPHRIES BUYS A SLAVE AND BRINGS HOME NEWS.
53
XV
ARRIVAL OF HARRY.
57
XVI
MR. ELDER DEMANDS HIS RENT.—NOTICE TO QUIT.
62
XVII
THE EJECTMENT
67
XVIII
THE RESTING PLACE—ANOTHER VISIT TO MR. SWARTZ.
73
XIX
AN ACT OF DESPAIR.
78
XX
THE DYING CHILD.
84
XXI
THE INTRUSION.
90
XXII
IMPRISONMENT OF THE SOLDIER'S WIFE.
97
XXIII
THE COMMITTAL.
104
XXIV
RETURN OF ALFRED WENTWORTH—A STRANGER.
107
XXV
THE TWO SLAVES—THE GLIMMER OF LIGHT.
115
XXVI
THE RECOGNITION.
Dedication
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