DAINTY'S CRUEL RIVALS
OR
THE FATAL BIRTHDAY

BY
MRS. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER

HART SERIES NO. 88

Published by
THE ARTHUR WESTBROOK COMPANY,
Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A.

INDEX

Chapter		Page
I	"A Sweet Girl Graduate"	[3]
II	"The Prettiest Girl in the Room"	[13]
III	The Happiest Day She Had Ever Known	[19]
IV	The Old Monk	[22]
V	"Only a Dream"	[26]
VI	Love's Rosy Dawn	[33]
VII	"The Trail of the Serpent"	[38]
VIII	The Ellsworth Honor	[42]
IX	"All That's Bright Must Fade"	[48]
X	"The Grim Fates"	[56]
XI	Love's Presentiments	[64]
XII	A Maddened Lover	[69]
XIII	Sad Forebodings	[75]
XIV	Dainty Would Never Forget That Day	[81]
XV	Black Mammy's Story	[87]
XVI	The Ghost Alarm	[91]
XVII	The Night Before the Wedding	[97]
XVIII	The Wedding Morn	[101]
XIX	A Madman's Deed	[105]
XX	The End of the Day	[110]
XXI	Would Heaven Turn Away From Her Wild Appeal	[116]
XXII	Unmasked	[120]
XXIII	Ah! The Pity of It!	[126]
XXIV	The Darkest Hour	[130]
XXV	Among Strangers	[137]
XXVI	The Mother's Woe	[142]
XXVII	It Seemed Like Some Beautiful Dream	[146]
XXVIII	More Bitter Than Death	[150]
XXIX	As We Kiss the Dead	[156]
XXX	A Terrible Deed	[163]
XXXI	Lost! Lost! Lost!	[168]
XXXII	It Was the Overflowing Drop	[172]
XXXIII	A New Home	[178]
XXXIV	Thrown on the World	[181]
XXXV	Grand Company	[186]
XXXVI	"Only to See You, My Darling"	[190]
XXXVII	A Wonderful Discovery	[193]
XXXVIII	Good News	[201]
XXXIX	"For All Eternity"	[205]
XL	Conclusion	[210]