The Bride of the Tomb, and Queenie's Terrible Secret

by Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller

"We must take him to his mother now," said Georgie. "Come, mamma," and Mrs. Lyle followed her without a word.

So when Captain Ernscliffe and Mr. Lyle returned from their walk they found them all together, Queenie's fair face perfectly radiant and every one very happy in this touching reunion.

They were never parted afterwards. When Mr. Lyle and the Ernscliffes returned to the United States Mrs. Lyle and Lady Valentine went with them. Mrs. Lyle had conceived such an affection for her little grandson that she could not bear to be separated from him. Georgina had no ties to bind her to England, so she followed them also. Many years of calm happiness came to Mrs. Ernscliffe afterward, but she never forgot the terrible secret that had almost desolated her life.

She had one daughter, a sweet and lovely girl, who bore the name of one long dead, and sometimes when she kissed and caressed her, Captain Ernscliffe would hear her say, sweetly and gravely:

"Sydney, my darling daughter, you must never have any secrets from your papa and mamma!"

[THE END.]

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158—The Sunshine of His Life.
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149—A Wife's Peril.
148—Lady Ethel's Whim.
147—The Broken Trust.
146—Lady Marchmont's Widowhood.
145—A Sinful Secret.
144—The Hand Without a Wedding Ring.
143—How Will It End?
142—One Woman's Sin.
141—The Burden of a Secret.
140—A Woman's Witchery.
139—Love in a Mask.
138—The Price of a Bride.
137—A Heart of Gold.
136—A Loving Maid.
135—For Love of Her.
134—The Sins of the Father.
133—A Dream of Love.
132—A Woman's Trust.
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126—The Gambler's Wife.
125—For a Dream's Sake.
124—The Hidden Sin.
123—Lady Muriel's Secret.
122—Dumaresq's Temptation.
121—The White Witch.
120—The Story of an Error.
119—Blossom and Fruit.
118—The Paths of Love.
117—A Struggle for the Right.
116—The Queen of the County.
115—A Queen Amongst Women and An Unnatural Bondage.
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109—A Bitter Reckoning.
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103—Two Kisses, and The Fatal Lilies.
102—Dream Faces.
101—A Broken Wedding Ring.
100—In Shallow Waters.
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97—Repented at Leisure.
96—The Actor's Ward.
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90—In Cupid's Net, and So Near and Yet So Far.
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88—If Love Be Love.
87—Beyond Pardon.
86—Guelda.
85—A Woman's Error.
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82—A Dead Heart, and Love for a Day.
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80—The Earl's Atonement.
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77—A Fair Mystery.
76—A Guiding Star.
75—A Bitter Bondage.
74—Thorns and Orange Blossoms.
73—Her Martyrdom.
72—Between Two Hearts.
71—Marjorie Dean.
70—A Heart's Bitterness.
69—Fair But Faithless.
68—'Twixt Love and Hate.
67—In Love's Crucible.
66—Glady's Greye.
65—His Perfect Trust.
64—Wedded and Parted, and Fair but False.
63—Another Woman's Husband.
61—The Earl's Error, and Letty Leigh.
60—A Heart's Idol.
59—One False Step.
58—Griselda.
57—Violet Lisle.
56—The Squire's Darling, and Walter's Wooing.
55—Golden Gates.
54—The Gipsy's Daughter.
53—A Fiery Ordeal.
52—Claribel's Love Story; or, Love's Hidden Depths.
51—For a Woman's Honor.
50—A True Magdalen; or, One False Step.
49—Addie's Husband, and Arnold's Promise.
48—Her Second Love.
47—The Duke's Secret.
46—Beauty's Marriage, and Between Two Sins.
45—Lover and Husband.
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41—A Mad Love.
40—A Nameless Sin.
39—Marjorie's Fate.
38—Love's Warfare.
37—Weaker Than a Woman.
36—On Her Wedding Morn, and Her Only Sin.
35—A Woman's War.
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33—Set in Diamonds.
32—Lord Lynne's Choice.
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29—A Woman's Love Story.
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26—A Struggle for a Ring.
25—A Thorn in Her Heart.
24—Prince Charlie's Daughter.
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21—Wife in Name Only.
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16—His Wife's Judgment.
15—Lady Darner's Secret.
14—A Haunted Life.
13—Evelyn's Folly.
12—At War With Herself.
11—For Another's Sin; or, A Struggle for Love.
10—One Against Many.
9—Her Mother's Sin; or, A Bright Wedding Day.
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7—A Dark Marriage Morn.
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5—The Mystery of Colde Fell; or, "Not Proven."
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3—A Golden Heart.
2—Dora Thorne.
1—A Bitter Atonement.