CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I [A WIFE REPUDIATED]
II [THE FINAL RUPTURE]
III [A BACKWARD GLANCE]
IV [A YOUNG WIFE'S BRAVE STRUGGLES]
V [FLUCTUATING EXPERIENCES]
VI [AN OLD TEMPTATION REVIVED]
VII [SERIOUS DOMESTIC COMPLICATIONS]
VIII [HELEN PLANS HER FUTURE]
IX [AFTER TEN YEARS]
X [A BRIEF RETROSPECT]
XI [A SEALED BOOK REOPENED]
XII [THE SOUBRETTE]
XIII [A TRYING INTERVIEW]
XIV ["LOVE THY NEIGHBOR"]
XV [A STARTLING APPARITION]
XVI [SACKCLOTH AND ASHES]
XVII [AS WHEAT IS SIFTED]
XVIII [LOVING SERVICE]
XIX [JOHN HUNGERFORD BEGINS LIFE ANEW]
XX [FIVE YEARS LATER]
XXI [SOME INTERESTING REVELATIONS]
XXII [A HAPPY REUNION]
XXIII [A FINAL RENUNCIATION]
XXIV [A MASTERPIECE]
ILLUSTRATIONS
["Who is she?" she demanded almost sharply] . . . Frontispiece
"To begin with, and not to mince matters, I want some money"
She found herself face to face with John Hungerford
"The stranger was—my father"
[Transcriber's note: The last three illustrations were missing from the source book]