A Fair Mystery: The Story of a Coquette

The Project Gutenberg eBook, A Fair Mystery, by Bertha M. Clay
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:
In the numbering of chapters, XIV was omitted in the original book.
Inconsistent hyphenation, punctuation, printing and spelling errors have been corrected silently.
The author of this work, Charlotte Mary Brame, was known under the pseudonym Bertha M. Clay in North America.
BY BERTHA M. CLAY AUTHOR OF DORA THORNE, BEYOND PARDON, LOVE WORKS WONDERS, ETC.
NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL BOOK COMPANY 17 and 19 Waverley Place
A FAIR MYSTERY.
THE STORY OF A COQUETTE.
BY CHARLOTTE M. BRAEME.
Hush! For the love of mercy, hush, I cannot bear it!
But that which called forth this protest was only the lisping prayer of a little child at its mother's knee.