TO
MISS ELIZA S. ORMSBEE,
OF
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND,
THIS BOOK IS
MOST AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.
ANN S. STEPHENS.
St. Cloud Hotel, New York,
November, 1869.
CONTENTS.
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I. LEAVING MY HOME[ 25]
II. MY NEW HOME[ 31]
III. A NEW LIFE[ 35]
IV. THREATENED WITH SEPARATION[ 40]
V. AFTER THE WEDDING[ 48]
VI. TELLING HOW LOTTIE INTRODUCED HERSELF[ 53]
VII. OUT IN THE WORLD[ 59]
VIII. OUR GUEST[ 63]
IX. FANCIES AND PREMONITIONS[ 70]
X. NEW VISITORS[ 76]
XI. THE BASKET OF FRUIT[ 81]
XII. BREAKFAST WITH OUR GUEST[ 86]
XIII. JESSIE LEE AND HER MOTHER[ 88]
XIV. INTRUSIVE KINDNESS[ 92]
XV. THE TRAIL OF THE SERPENT[ 97]
XVI. AFTER DREAMING[ 101]
XVII. LOTTIE EXPRESSES HER OPINION OF THE WIDOW[ 106]
XVIII. THE UNWELCOME PROPOSAL[ 109]
XIX. OUT UPON THE RIDGE[ 112]
XX. ADROIT CROSS-QUESTIONING[ 118]
XXI. THE EVENING AFTER BOSWORTH'S PROPOSAL[ 121]
XXII. SOWING SEED FOR ANOTHER DAY[ 125]
XXIII. AN OUTBREAK OF JEALOUSY[ 130]
XXIV. THE OLD PENNSYLVANIA MANSION[ 135]
XXV. THE MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER[ 139]
XXVI. SICK-BED FANCIES[ 143]
XXVII. THE FIRST SOUND SLEEP[ 147]
XXVIII. THE INTERVIEW IN THE WOODS[ 150]
XXIX. TROUBLES GATHER ABOUT OUR JESSIE[ 155]
XXX. MRS. DENNISON GATHERS WILD FLOWERS[ 159]
XXXI. LOTTIE'S ADVICE[ 165]
XXXII. MRS. LEE DREAMS OF PASSION-FLOWERS[ 169]
XXXIII. COMPANY FROM TOWN[ 173]
XXXIV. OUR VISIT TO THE OLD MANSION[ 177]
XXXV. YOUNG BOSWORTH'S SICK-ROOM[ 181]
XXXVI. LOTTIE'S REPORT[ 184]
XXXVII. MY FIRST QUARREL WITH MR. LEE[ 188]
XXXVIII. MR. LAWRENCE MAKES A CALL[ 192]
XXXIX. LOTTIE AS A LETTER-WRITER[ 197]
XL. YOUNG BOSWORTH RECEIVES A LETTER[ 200]
XLI. OUT IN THE STORM[ 206]
XLII. JESSIE GETS TIRED OF HER GUEST[ 208]
XLIII. A CONSULTATION WITH LOTTIE[ 211]
XLIV. THE MIDNIGHT DISCOVERY[ 216]
XLV. BAFFLED AND DEFEATED[ 221]
XLVI. LOTTIE OWNS HERSELF BEATEN[ 225]
XLVII. MR. LEE SENDS IN THE ACCOUNT OF HIS GUARDIANSHIP[ 227]
XLVIII. COMING OUT OF A DANGEROUS ILLNESS[ 231]
XLIX. LOTTIE SEEMS TREACHEROUS[ 237]
L. CONFIDENTIAL CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE WIDOW AND MRS. LEE[ 240]
LI. THE FATHER AND DAUGHTER[ 247]
LII. THE FATAL LETTER[ 252]
LIII. DEATH IN THE TOWER-CHAMBER[ 257]
LIV. MRS. LEE'S FUNERAL[ 261]
LV. OLD MRS. BOSWORTH'S VISIT[ 265]
LVI. LOTTIE'S REVELATIONS[ 268]
LVII. MRS. DENNISON URGES LAWRENCE TO PROPOSE[ 272]
LVIII. AFTER THE PROPOSAL[ 277]
LIX. A HEART-STORM ABATING[ 282]
LX. THE TWO LETTERS[ 286]
LXI. THE DEPARTING GUEST[ 290]
LXII. WHOLLY DESERTED[ 297]
LXIII. OLD-FASHIONED POLITENESS[ 302]
LXIV. NEWS FROM ABROAD[ 306]
LXV. LOTTIE LEAVES A LETTER AND A BOOK[ 313]
LXVI. MRS. DENNISON'S JOURNAL[ 316]
LXVII. OUR FIRST VISITOR[ 323]
LXVIII. THE WATERFALL[ 329]
LXIX. THE THREATENED DEPARTURE[ 338]
LXX. THE MIDNIGHT WALK[ 348]
LXXI. AWAY FROM HOME[ 355]
LXXII. OUT IN THE WORLD AGAIN[ 358]
LXXIII. FIRST WIDOWHOOD[ 362]
LXXIV. LOTTIE'S LETTER[ 385]
LXXV. LOTTIE IN PARIS[ 392]
LXXVI. THE CASKET OF DIAMONDS[ 395]
LXXVII. ALL TOGETHER AGAIN[ 404]