CONTENTS.
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| Chapter I | [7] |
| Chapter II | [18] |
| Chapter III | [28] |
| Chapter IV | [38] |
| Chapter V | [47] |
| Chapter VI | [59] |
| Chapter VII | [68] |
| Chapter VIII | [80] |
| Chapter IX | [91] |
| Chapter X | [101] |
| Chapter XI | [114] |
| Chapter XII | [127] |
| Chapter XIII | [140] |
| Chapter XIV | [151] |
| Chapter XV | [165] |
| Chapter XVI | [178] |
| Chapter XVII | [194] |
| Chapter XVIII | [207] |
| Chapter XIX | [220] |
| Chapter XX | [236] |
| Chapter XXI | [247] |
| Chapter XXII | [263] |
| Chapter XXIII | [279] |
| Chapter XXIV | [296] |
| Chapter XXV | [323] |
ELSIE'S WIDOWHOOD.
CHAPTER I.
"All love is sweet,
Given or returned. Common as light is love,
And its familiar voice wearies not ever."
—Shelley.
"Come in, Vi, darling," said Mrs. Travilla's sweet voice, "we will be glad to have you with us."
Violet, finding the door of her mother's dressing-room ajar, had stepped in, then drawn hastily back, fearing to intrude upon what seemed a private interview between her and her namesake daughter; Elsie being seated on a cushion at her mamma's feet, her face half hidden on her lap, while mamma's soft white hand gently caressed her hair and cheek.