OF WASHINGTON CITY;
THIS
WORK IS INSCRIBED,
WITH
THE LOVE OF HER SISTER.
Prospect Cottage,
Georgetown, D. C.
May, 1869.
CONTENTS.
| Chapter | Page | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | —ON THE EVE OF A GRAND WEDDING | [23] |
| II. | —AT THE OLD HALL | [41] |
| III. | —THE HOUSELESS WANDERER AND THE BRIDE ELECT | [53] |
| IV. | —A CHILD’S LOVE | [57] |
| V. | —THE CHILD MEETS HER FATE | [71] |
| VI. | —THE NEXT FEW YEARS | [83] |
| VII. | —THE GIRL’S FIRST GRIEF | [94] |
| VIII. | —FATAL LOVE | [104] |
| IX. | —BRIDAL FAVORS | [113] |
| X. | —WHAT WAS DONE WITH DRUSILLA | [128] |
| XI. | —JOY FOR DRUSILLA | [142] |
| XII. | —A REALLY HAPPY BRIDE | [153] |
| XIII. | —THE CHILD BRIDE AT HOME | [162] |
| XIV. | —THE WILD WOOD HOME BY DAY | [167] |
| XV. | —CLOUDLESS JOYS | [176] |
| XVI. | —A QUEEN OF FASHION | [190] |
| XVII. | —MORAL MADNESS | [197] |
| XVIII. | —A DARK RIDE | [202] |
| XIX. | —A NEGLECTED WIFE | [211] |
| XX. | —RIVALRY | [217] |
| XXI. | —THE SORROWS OF THE YOUNG WIFE | [222] |
| XXII. | —DIFFICULTIES OF DECEPTION | [232] |
| XXIII. | —SILENT SORROW | [241] |
| XXIV. | —THE SPECTRAL FACE | [248] |
| XXV. | —CAUGHT | [255] |
| XXVI. | —A MEMORABLE NIGHT | [262] |
| XXVII. | —A GREAT DISCOVERY | [270] |
| XXVIII. | —HIS LOVE | [278] |
| XXIX. | —HER LOVE | [284] |
| XXX. | —BREAKING | [293] |
| XXXI. | —FIRST ABSENCE | [303] |
| XXXII. | —BRIGHT HOPES | [307] |
| XXXIII. | —A SURPRISE | [316] |
| XXXIV. | —GONE FOR GOOD | [326] |
| XXXV. | —CRUEL TREACHERY | [334] |
| XXXVI. | —AGONY | [346] |
| XXXVII. | —SUSPENSE | [355] |
| XXXVIII. | —HOPING AGAINST HOPE | [365] |
| XXXIX. | —DICK HAMMOND IS ASTONISHED | [372] |
| XL. | —DICK’S NEWS | [387] |
| XLI. | —PROOFS | [403] |
| XLII. | —DRUSILLA’S DESTINATION | [410] |
| XLIII. | —THE DREARY NIGHT RIDE | [419] |
| XLIV. | —HOW SHE SPED | [437] |
| XLV. | —DRUSILLA’S ARRIVAL | [445] |
| XLVI. | —THE DESPERATE REMEDY | [459] |
| XLVII. | —EXPOSURE | [478] |
| XLVIII. | —BALM FOR THE BRUISED HEART | [492] |