CONTENTS

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I.THE GARDENER'S DAUGHTER[1]
II.THE BASKET OF FLOWERS[12]
III.THE MISSING RING[21]
IV.MARY IN PRISON[30]
V.THE TRIAL[36]
VI.A PAINFUL MEETING[42]
VII.SENTENCED[49]
VIII.FINDING NEW FRIENDS[58]
IX.A NEW HOME[65]
X.A FATHER'S LAST WORDS[72]
XI.MARY'S GREAT LOSS[82]
XII.CHANGES AT PINE FARM[90]
XIII.AGAIN A WANDERER[97]
XIV.A STRANGE MEETING[104]
XV.THE YOUNG COUNTESS'S STORY[108]
XVI.HOW THE RING WAS FOUND[115]
XVII.REPARATION[123]
XVIII.PINE FARM REVISITED[127]
XIX.RETRIBUTION[134]
XX.FORGIVING AN ENEMY[140]
XXI.CONCLUSION[145]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

AN OFFICER CAME TO MARY'S CELLFrontispiece
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MARY SHYLY OFFERED HER PRESENT[16]
"OH, MY FATHER, BE SURE THAT I HAVE NOT THE RING"[32]
SHE RAISED HERSELF HASTILY, FORGETTING HER CHAINS[48]
SHE THREW THE BASKET AT MARY'S FEET[64]
LOOKING UP SHE SAW THE BEAUTIFUL FACE AND FIGURE OF A WOMAN[96]
MARY WAS AFFECTED TO THE HEART WHEN SHE HEARD JULIETTE'S STORY[144]

THE BASKET OF FLOWERS

CHAPTER I.