1890

DEDICATION

TO ———— ————, ESQUIRE.

“I'll link my waggon to a star;”

I'll dedicate this tale to you:

Wit, poet, scholar, that you are,

And skilful story-teller too,

And theologue, and critic true,

And main-stay of the———-Review.

I'll link my waggon to a star,

Does not the Yankee sage advise it?

And yet I dare not name your name,

Lest the wide lustre of its fame

Eclipse my humble candle-flame:

But you'll surmise it.

January 1890.


CONTENTS

[ TWO WOMEN OR ONE? ]

[ CHAPTER I.—THE FIRST NIGHT. ]

[ CHAPTER II.—AT THE RIVER SIDE. ]

[ CHAPTER III.—WHENCE SHE CAME. ]

[ CHAPTER IV.—THE DOCTOR SPEAKS. ]

[ CHAPTER V.—THE DOCTOR ACTS. ]

[ CHAPTER VI.—MIRIAM BENARY. ]

[ CHAPTER VII.—WITHIN AN ACE. ]

[ CHAPTER VIII.—A CHANCE ACQUAINTANCE. ]

[ CHAPTER IX.—JOSEPHINE WRITES. ]

[ CHAPTER X.—JOSEPHINE EXPLAINS. ]

[ CHAPTER XI.—REASSURANCE. ]

[ CHAPTER XII.—THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA. ]

[ CHAPTER XIII.—NATURE BEGINS REPRISALS. ]

[ CHAPTER XIV.—ALTER EGO. ]