[MY PRETTY MAID.]
[CONTENTS]
[CHAPTER I. A DESPERATE CHANCE.]
[CHAPTER II. FATE IS ABOVE US ALL.]
[CHAPTER III. "MY PRETTY MAID."]
[CHAPTER IV. SECRET LOVE.]
[CHAPTER V. ROMA'S LOVERS.]
[CHAPTER VI. AFTER THE CRIME.]
[CHAPTER VII. GRANNY'S REVENGE.]
[CHAPTER VIII. THE BROKEN ENGAGEMENT.]
[CHAPTER IX. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.]
[CHAPTER X. ROMA SEEKS A NEW MAID.]
[CHAPTER XI. THE BEAUTY SHOW.]
[CHAPTER XII. "THE QUEEN ROSE."]
[CHAPTER XIII. EDMUND CLARKE'S SUSPICION.]
[CHAPTER XIV. ROMA FINDS AN ALLY.]
[CHAPTER XV. "A DYING MOTHER."]
[CHAPTER XVI. A LOVE LETTER.]
[CHAPTER XVII. A CRUEL FORGERY.]
[CHAPTER XVIII. LIANE'S FLEETING LOVE DREAM.]
[CHAPTER XIX. WHAT DOLLY TOLD.]
[CHAPTER XX. "AS ONE ADMIRES A STATUE."]
[CHAPTER XXI. A HARVEST OF WOE.]
[CHAPTER XXII. AT A FIEND'S MERCY.]
[CHAPTER XXIII. A MURDEROUS FURY.]
[CHAPTER XXIV. A STRAND OF RUDDY HAIR.]
[CHAPTER XXV. A TRUE FRIEND.]
[CHAPTER XXVI. TREMBLING HOPES.]
[CHAPTER XXVII. WHEN HAPPINESS SEEMED NEAR!]
[CHAPTER XXVIII. A SWORD THRUST IN HIS HEART.]
[CHAPTER XXIX. THE BRIDAL.]
[CHAPTER XXX. BEFORE THE DAWN.]
[CHAPTER XXXI. WHEN THE CLOUDS ROLLED BY.]
[CHAPTER I.]
A DESPERATE CHANCE.
"How fast the river flows! How it roars in my ears and drowns the sound of your voice, my dearest! It is bearing me away! Oh, save me! save me!"
The river was the stream of Death, and the lone voyager floating out on its rushing tide was a loved and loving young wife.
The frail white hands clung fondly to her husband's as she rested with her head upon his breast, and the faint voice murmured deliriously on: