A tragedy of love and hate

Bertha Clay Library No. 153
STREET & SMITH · PUBLISHERS · NEW YORK
A WOMAN’S VOW
BERTHA M. CLAY
AUTHOR OF
“The Duke’s Secret,” “The Earl’s Error,” “Lord Lynne’s Choice,” “The Earl’s Atonement,” “The Gipsy’s Daughter,” “Dora Thorne,” etc.
NEW YORK
STREET & SMITH, Publishers
Copyright, 1899, 1900 and 1903 By STREET & SMITH
A Tragedy of Love and Hate
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The great bough of a spreading maple tree was swaying to and fro in the summer wind, a shapely bough covered with green leaves. On it sat a little bird, swaying with the branch, singing as though the world were all summer and sunshine and there was no winter to follow—singing of brighter suns than men see shine, heaven-taught music, not understood by mortal ears, while the golden, fragrant air around seemed to grow silent and listen.