BY MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS. AUTHOR OF "PALACES AND PRISONS,"
CONTENTS.
A NOBLE WOMAN.
CHAPTER I. A PROPOSAL.
CHAPTER II. TOM THE GROOMSMAN.
CHAPTER III. A FRIGHT AND A RESCUE.
CHAPTER IV. HIGH FESTIVAL AT PINEY COVE.
CHAPTER V. A BALL IN THE BASEMENT.
CHAPTER VI. THE WEDDING.
CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST CLOUD.
CHAPTER VIII. THE BRIDE'S WELCOME HOME.
CHAPTER IX. COUSIN TOM VISITS PINEY COVE.
CHAPTER X. SHADOWS OF A SEPARATION.
CHAPTER XI. THE BALL.
CHAPTER XII. TOM MAKES A DECLARATION.
CHAPTER XIII. WHO COULD IT HAVE BEEN?
CHAPTER XIV. THE HUSBAND'S LAST CHARGE.
CHAPTER XV. MRS. HARRINGTON'S FRIENDS.
CHAPTER XVI. THE WIDOW'S FLIRTATION.
CHAPTER XVII. STARTING FOR THE PIC-NIC.
CHAPTER XVIII. FACE TO FACE.
CHAPTER XIX. LETTERS.
CHAPTER XX. AN INTERVIEW IN THE WOODS.
CHAPTER XXI. FIRE AND WATER.
CHAPTER XXII. AMONG THE BREAKERS.
CHAPTER XXIII. DEAD AND GONE.
CHAPTER XXIV. HOME IN A STORM.
CHAPTER XXV. THE SUNSHINE OF THE HOUSE.
CHAPTER XXVI. SUNSHINE AND STORMS.
CHAPTER XXVII. COURTSHIP IN THE KITCHEN.
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE DEAD SECRET.
CHAPTER XXIX. TOM FULLER'S LETTER.
CHAPTER XXX. THE WIDOW'S FASCINATIONS.
CHAPTER XXXI. THE HEIR COMES HOME.
CHAPTER XXXII. THE GAUNTLET BRACELETS.
CHAPTER XXXIII. SEARCHING FOR THE BRACELET.
CHAPTER XXXIV. BELOW STAIRS.
CHAPTER XXXV. MRS. MELLEN AND HER COUSIN.
CHAPTER XXXVI. LURED INTO DANGER.
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE AFTER STRUGGLE.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. A HALF UNDERSTANDING.
CHAPTER XXXIX. TRIFLES LIGHT AS AIR.
CHAPTER XL. TWO FACES IN THE GLASS.
CHAPTER XLI. SECRECY IMPOSED ON TOM FULLER.
CHAPTER XLII. THE RIDE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
CHAPTER XLIII. KINDLY ANXIETIES.
CHAPTER XLIV. ALMOST DEFIANCE.
CHAPTER XLV. THE TIGER IN HIS DEN.
CHAPTER XLVI. THE PAWNBROKER'S SHOP.
CHAPTER XLVII. TEASING CONTINUALLY.
CHAPTER XLVIII. THE PET MESSENGER.
CHAPTER XLIX. ELSIE FINDS THE BRACELET.
CHAPTER L. IN THE TEMPEST.
CHAPTER LI. THE OLD CEDAR TREE.
CHAPTER LII. WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE.
CHAPTER LIII. CLORINDA'S GHOST STORY.
CHAPTER LIV. THE SABLE FORTUNE HUNTER.
CHAPTER LV. IN THE NET.
CHAPTER LVI. THE SECRET TELEGRAM.
CHAPTER LVII. KITCHEN GOSSIP.
CHAPTER LVIII. THE INTERCEPTED TELEGRAM.
CHAPTER LIX. FORCED HOSPITALITY.
CHAPTER LX. WAITING FOR THE HOUR.
CHAPTER LXI. THE MIDNIGHT SEARCH.
CHAPTER LXII. UNDER THE CEDAR.
CHAPTER LXIII. FACE TO FACE.
CHAPTER LXIV. BURIED OUT OF SIGHT.
CHAPTER LXV. THE HUSBAND RELENTS.
CHAPTER LXVI. GONE.
CHAPTER LXVII. UTTER LONELINESS.
CHAPTER LXVIII. PLANS AND LETTERS.
CHAPTER LXIX. ELSIE PROMISES TO BE FAITHLESS.
CHAPTER LXX. ALMOST A PROPOSAL.
CHAPTER LXXI. FUTILE PLEADINGS.
CHAPTER LXXII. TOM FULLER RETURNS.
CHAPTER LXXIII. A FEAST AND A LOVE FEAST.
CHAPTER LXXIV. THAT MONEY IN THE BANK.
CHAPTER LXXV. UNEXPECTED DEVELOPMENTS.
CHAPTER LXXVI. THE CONFESSION.
CHAPTER LXXVII. SEARCHING.
CHAPTER LXXVIII. IN BENSON'S TAVERN.
CHAPTER LXXIX. RECONCILIATIONS.
CHAPTER LXXX. TOM ACCEPTS THE SITUATION.
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