INDEX

I.BOTH GIRLS WERE SO STUNNINGLY PRETTY, AND WORE SUCH ODD, BEWITCHING COSTUMES ON THEIR TANDEM, THAT THE PEOPLE WHO STOPPED TO WATCH THE BEAUTIES AS THEY WHIRLED BY NICKNAMED THEM "THE HEAVENLY TWINS."[5]
II.IT IS ONE THING TO ADMIRE A PRETTY GIRL, QUITE ANOTHER THING TO FALL IN LOVE WITH HER.[10]
III.THE TERRIBLE WAGER AT THE GREAT RACE.[13]
IV.WHICH WON?[19]
V."SHALL WE BREAK THIS BETROTHAL, THAT WAS MADE ONLY IN FUN?"[23]
VI.THE WAY OF WOMEN THE WHOLE WORLD OVER.[26]
VII.BERNARDINE.[31]
VIII."OH, I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE COME, DOCTOR!"[36]
IX."WHAT A LONELY LIFE FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL!"[38]
X.WHAT IS LIFE WITHOUT LOVE?[40]
XI.A SHADOW DARKENS THE PEACEFUL HOME OF THE BASKET-MAKER.[45]
XII."YOU ARE FALSE AS YOU ARE FAIR, BERNARDINE!"[48]
XIII.HE WISHED HE COULD TELL SOME ONE HIS UNFORTUNATE LOVE STORY.[52]
XIV."HAVE I BROKEN YOUR HEART, MY DARLING?"[58]
XV."I LOVE YOU! I CAN NOT KEEP THE SECRET ANY LONGER!"[61]
XVI."WHERE THERE IS NO JEALOUSY THERE IS LITTLE LOVE!"[64]
XVII. [70]
XVIII.FATE WEAVES A STRANGE WEB.[74]
XIX."TRUE LOVE NEVER DOES RUN SMOOTH."[80]
XX."IT WOULD BE WISER TO MAKE A FRIEND THAN AN ENEMY OF ME."[84]
XXI.JASPER WILDE MEETS WITH AN ADVENTURE.[87]
XXII. [92]
XXIII. [95]
XXIV. [98]
XXV. [102]
XXVI. [105]
XXVII. [109]
XXVIII. [114]
XXIX. [117]
XXX. [125]
XXXI. [130]
XXXII. [135]
XXXIII. [141]
XXXIV. [145]
XXXV. [148]
XXXVI. [151]
XXXVII. [156]
XXXVIII. [161]
XXXIX. [165]
XL. [170]
XLI. [176]
XLII. [177]
XLIII. [182]
XLIV. [187]
XLV. [191]
XLVI. [196]
XLVII. [200]
XLVIII. [205]
XLIX. [210]
L. [215]
LI. [219]
LII. [224]
LIII. [229]
LIV. [323]
LV. [235]
LVI. [240]
LVII. [244]
LVIII. [249]

JOLLY SALLY PENDLETON

OR
THE WIFE WHO WAS NOT A WIFE


CHAPTER I.

BOTH GIRLS WERE SO STUNNINGLY PRETTY, AND WORE SUCH ODD, BEWITCHING COSTUMES ON THEIR TANDEM, THAT THE PEOPLE WHO STOPPED TO WATCH THE BEAUTIES AS THEY WHIRLED BY NICKNAMED THEM "THE HEAVENLY TWINS."

As Jay Gardiner drove down the village street behind his handsome pair of prancing bays, holding the ribbons skillfully over them, all the village maidens promenading up the village street or sitting in groups on the porches turned to look at him.