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CONTENTS

[Chapter I. A Stranger’s Love.]

[Chapter II. A Worshiper of Wealth.]

[Chapter III. The Course of True Love.]

[Chapter IV. The Midnight Duel.]

[Chapter V. The Power of Gold.]

[Chapter VI. A Man’s Fickle Heart.]

[Chapter VII. A Dread Alternative.]

[Chapter VIII. What Is Life Without Love?]

[Chapter IX. “A Little Rough Diamond.”]

[Chapter X. After Thirteen Years.]

[Chapter XI. Rebuked by a Girl.]

[Chapter XII. “Who Is Jess?”]

[Chapter XIII. Luck Smiles.]

[Chapter XIV. A Fateful Meeting.]

[Chapter XV. The Love That Is Sure to Come.]

[Chapter XVI. Cold and Heartless.]

[Chapter XVII. Was It the Decree of Fate?]

[Chapter XVIII. A Premonition of Coming Evil.]

[Chapter XIX. The Betrothal.]

[Chapter XX. “Do We Ever Love the Wrong One?”]

[Chapter XXI. How Easily Things Go Wrong.]

[Chapter XXII. The Rescue.]

[Chapter XXIII. Vain Regrets.]

[Chapter XXIV. Only an Impulsive Child.]

[Chapter XXV. “Will You Marry Me, Little Jess?”]

[Chapter XXVI. Love.]

[Chapter XXVII. Decisions.]

[Chapter XXVIII. The Darkening Clouds.]

[Chapter XXIX. “Leave My House.”]

[Chapter XXX. His Uncle’s Bride.]

[Chapter XXXI. In His Power.]

[Chapter XXXII. What Might Have Been.]

[Chapter XXXIII. To Wreck a Young Girl’s Life.]

[Chapter XXXIV. Under the Mask of Friendship.]

[Chapter XXXV. His Story.]

[Chapter XXXVI. The Web of Fate.]

[Chapter XXXVII. A Great Surprise.]

[Chapter XXXVIII. At His Feet.]

[Chapter XXXIX. A Test of Love.]

[Chapter XL. The First Love.]

[Chapter XLI. “Was It All a Dream?”]

[Chapter XLII. The Plot Thickens.]

[Chapter XLIII. The Love That Will Not Die.]

[Chapter XLIV. The Ways of Providence.]

[Chapter XLV. Naming the Day.]

[Chapter XLVI. Old Friends Meet.]

[Chapter XLVII. A Moment of Terror.]

[Chapter XLVIII. What Is to Be Will Be.]

LAURA SERIES No. 2

BETROTHED
FOR A DAY

BY
LAURA JEAN LIBBEY

STREET & SMITH PUBLISHERS NEW YORK