Gladys, the Reaper - Anne Beale

1881

[CHAPTER I.] THE FARMER'S WIFE.
[CHAPTER II.] THE FARMER.
[CHAPTER III.] THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER.
[CHAPTER IV.] THE MISER.
[CHAPTER V.] THE FARMER'S SON.
[CHAPTER VI.] THE MISER'S WIFE.
[CHAPTER VII.] THE SQUIRE.
[CHAPTER VIII.] THE MISER'S SON.
[CHAPTER IX.] THE IRISH BEGGAR.
[CHAPTER X.] THE SQUIRE'S DAUGHTER.
[CHAPTER XI.] THE SAILOR.
[CHAPTER XII.] THE SEMPSTRESS.
[CHAPTER XIII.] THE WIDOW.
[CHAPTER XIV.] THE MILLIONAIRE.
[CHAPTER XV.] THE MILLIONAIRE'S WIFE.
[CHAPTER XVI.] THE SERVANT.
[CHAPTER XVII.] THE COLONEL.
[CHAPTER XVIII.] THE NURSE.
[CHAPTER XIX.] THE CURATE.
[CHAPTER XX.] THE HEIRESS
[CHAPTER XXI.] THE BROTHERS.
[CHAPTER XXII.] THE GOVERNESS.
[CHAPTER XXIII.] THE PREACHER.
[CHAPTER XXIV.] THE LOVER.
[CHAPTER XXV.] THE FUGITIVE.
[CHAPTER XXVI.] THE FRIEND.
[CHAPTER XXVII.] THE MISSIONARY.
[CHAPTER XXVIII.] THE LADY'S MAID.
[CHAPTER XXIX.] THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN.
[CHAPTER XXX.] THE PATRON.
[CHAPTER XXXI.] THE PATRON'S WIFE.
[CHAPTER XXXII.] THE MAN OF THE WORLD.
[CHAPTER XXXIII.] THE TEMPTER.
[CHAPTER XXXIV.] THE RIVALS.
[CHAPTER XXXV.] THE LADY IN HER OWN RIGHT.
[CHAPTER XXXVI.] THE FIRST-BORN.
[CHAPTER XXXVII.] THE SPENDTHRIFT.
[CHAPTER XXXVIII.] THE FORGER.
[CHAPTER XXXIX.] THE ACCOUNTANT.
[CHAPTER XL.] THE FORGER'S WIFE.
[CHAPTER XLI.] THE SISTER OF CHARITY.
[CHAPTER XLII.] THE NIECE.
[CHAPTER XLIII.] THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD.
[CHAPTER XLIV.] THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER.
[CHAPTER XLV.] THE BETROTHED.
[CHAPTER XLVI.] THE HEIR.
[CHAPTER XLVII.] THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.
[CHAPTER XLVIII.] THE PENITENT.
[CHAPTER XLIX.] THE RECTOR.
[CHAPTER L.] THE DISINHERITED.
[CHAPTER LI.] THE CONVICT.
[CHAPTER LII.] THE PENITENT HUSBAND.
[CHAPTER LIII.] GLADYS REAPING HER FRUITS.

GLADYS, THE REAPER.

CHAPTER I

THE FARMER'S WIFE.

It is an evening in June, and the skies that have been weeping of late, owing to some calamity best known to themselves, have suddenly dried their eyes, and called up a smile to enliven their gloomy countenances. The farmers, who have been shaking their heads at sight of the unmown grass, and predicting a bad hay-harvest, are beginning to brighten up with the weather, and to consult upon the propriety of mowing to-morrow. The barometer is gently tapped by many a sturdy hand, and the result is favourable; so that there are good prospects of a few weeks' sunshine to atone for the late clouds.

1881

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