CONTENTS 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.][123]XXVII [TRIAL OF MRS. WENTWORTH—THE ADVOCATE.][130]XXVIII [THE VERDICT—THE HUSBAND AND WIFE—ARREST OF AWTRY.][139]XXIX [THE EYE OF GOD—THE MANIAC WIFE.][148]XXX [DEATH OF THE SOLDIER'S WIFE.][157]XXXI [CONCLUSION.][168] [APPENDIX][182]