Cruel as the grave

CRUEL AS THE GRAVE
A NOVEL.
BY MRS. EMMA D. E. N. SOUTHWORTH.
AUTHOR OF “SELF-MADE,” “ISHMAEL,” “SELF-RAISED,” “FAIR PLAY,” “VIVIA,” “MISSING BRIDE,” “A BEAUTIFUL FIEND,” “CHANGED BRIDES,” “RETRIBUTION,” “HOW HE WON HER,” “A NOBLE LORD,” “BRIDE’S FATE,” “FALLEN PRIDE,” “LADY OF THE ISLE,” “THE MAIDEN WIDOW,” “ALLWORTH ABBEY,” “GYPSY’S PROPHECY,” “LOST HEIRESS,” “WIDOW’S SON,” “INDIA,” “THREE BEAUTIES,” “BRIDE OF LLEWELLYN,” “BRIDAL EVE,” “DISCARDED DAUGHTER,” “FATAL SECRET,” “TWO SISTERS,” “CURSE OF CLIFTON,” “TRIED FOR HER LIFE,” “PHANTOM WEDDING,” “LOVE’S LABOR WON,” “FORTUNE SEEKER,” “FATAL MARRIAGE,” “MOTHER-IN-LAW,” “CHRISTMAS GUEST,” “FAMILY DOOM,” “WIFE’S VICTORY.”
NEW YORK: THE F. M. LUPTON PUBLISHING COMPANY, Nos. 72-76 Walker Street.
Copyright, 1888,
By T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS.
Cruel as the Grave.

Near the end of a dark autumn-day, not many years ago, a young couple, returning from their bridal tour arrived by steamer at the old city of Norfolk; and, taking a hack, drove directly to the best inn.
They were attended by the gentleman’s valet and the lady’s maid, and encumbered besides with a great amount of baggage, so that altogether their appearance was so promising that the landlord of the “Anchor” came forward in person to receive them and bow them into the best parlor.
The gentleman registered himself and his party as Mr. and Mrs. Lyon Berners, of Black Hall, Virginia, and two servants.