MY BROTHER,
Kirke Hawes,
IN MEMORY OF THE OCTOBER DAY WHEN WE RAMBLED OVER THE
SILVERTON HILLS,
WHERE MORRIS AND KITTY LIVED,
THIS VOLUME
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.
Brown Cottage, February 22, 1867.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | The Farm-house at Silverton | [7] |
| II. | Linwood | [19] |
| III. | Wilford Cameron | [26] |
| IV. | Preparing for the Visit | [35] |
| V. | Wilford’s Visit | [41] |
| VI. | In the Spring | [51] |
| VII. | Wilford’s Second Visit | [58] |
| VIII. | Getting Ready to be Married | [68] |
| IX. | Before the Marriage | [79] |
| X. | Marriage at St. John’s | [85] |
| XI. | After the Marriage | [89] |
| XII. | First Months of Married Life | [99] |
| XIII. | Katy’s First Evening in New York | [109] |
| XIV. | Extracts from Bell Cameron’s Diary | [121] |
| XV. | Toning Down—Bell’s Diary Continued | [124] |
| XVI. | Katy | [130] |
| XVII. | The New House | [135] |
| XVIII. | Marian Hazelton | [144] |
| XIX. | Saratoga and Newport | [151] |
| XX. | Mark Ray at Silverton | [156] |
| XXI. | A New Life | [169] |
| XXII. | Helen in Society | [183] |
| XXIII. | Baby’s Name | [193] |
| XXIV. | Trouble in the Household | [198] |
| XXV. | Aunt Betsy goes on a Journey | [211] |
| XXVI. | Aunt Betsy Consults a Lawyer | [226] |
| XXVII. | The Dinner Party | [234] |
| XXVIII. | The Seventh Regiment | [241] |
| XXIX. | Katy goes to Silverton | [247] |
| XXX. | Little Genevra | [259] |
| XXXI. | After the Funeral | [269] |
| XXXII. | The First Wife | [274] |
| XXXIII. | What the Page Disclosed | [281] |
| XXXIV. | The Effect | [290] |
| XXXV. | The Interview | [292] |
| XXXVI. | The Fever and its Results | [302] |
| XXXVII. | The Confession | [308] |
| XXXVIII. | Domestic Troubles | [316] |
| XXXIX. | What Followed | [327] |
| XL. | Mark and Helen | [331] |
| XLI. | Christmas Eve at Silverton | [335] |
| XLII. | After Christmas Eve | [345] |
| XLIII. | Georgetown Hospital | [349] |
| XLIV. | Last Hours | [359] |
| XLV. | Mourning | [366] |
| XLVI. | Prisoners of War | [368] |
| XLVII. | Doctor Grant | [372] |
| XLVIII. | Katy | [385] |
| XLIX. | The Prisoners | [390] |
| L. | The Day of the Wedding | [396] |
| LI. | The Wedding | [404] |
| LII. | Conclusion | [408] |