Transcriber's Note:

Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in the original document have been preserved. The book frequently omits punctuation before quotes. The punctuation has been retained as in the original. The length and spacing of ellipses (...) has also been retained as printed.

There is no Chapter IV.

The
ORDEAL OF
ELIZABETH

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY
J. F. TAYLOR AND
COMPANY, NEW YORK