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The hand dropped;—eyes filled with tears, and further back, shining through their crystal veil, with woman's quenchless love, looked into his face. He started forward, catching both her hands in his. "Mine at last Sophie?—God bless you, Sophie—Time has gone back, Sophie—Sophie Ainslie!" P. 350.
KATE WESTON; OR, TO WILL AND TO DO.
BYJENNIE DE WITT.
With Eight Illustrations by McLenan, Engraved by N. Orr.
NEW YORK:
DE WITT & DAVENPORT, PUBLISHERS,
160 & 162 NASSAU STREET.
ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by DE WITT & DAVENPORT, In the Clerk's Office of the U. S. District Court, for the Southern District of New York. W. H. TIMSON, Stereotyper. GEORGE RUESELL & Co., Printers. G. W. ALEXANDER, Binder.
TO
THE REV. JOHN DOWLING, D. D.,
WHOSE PRAYERS HAVE BEEN THE DEW,
WHOSE SMILES THE SUNSHINE,
TO
EACH BUD OF INTELLECT,
EACH GERM OF HIGH RESOLVE,
THESE PAGES ARE DEDICATED,
BY A DAUGHTER'S LOVING HEART.
CONTENTS.
- I. AN UNWELCOME VISITOR. 7
- II. GUARDIANS. 16
- III. EARLY DREAMINGS. 23
- IV. THE FISHING PARTY. 31
- V. MILLIONAIRE AND BEGGAR. 44
- VI. THE FLEDGLING. 61
- VII. MUSIC AND MIRTH. 69
- VIII. FATHER BENSON. 84
- IX. AUNT BIDDY'S VISIT. 97
- X. A GOOD TIME. 109
- XI. PLEDGES. 122
- XII. PECULIAR DISCIPLINE. 140
- XIII. THE FIRST ERROR. 155
- XIV. THE FACE OF A MAN. 172
- XV. WHO OUGHT TO BE HANGED. 186
- XVI. LOOKING THROUGH ONE'S OWN GLASSES. 204
- XVII. A LEAF OF LIFE. 216
- XVIII. OUT OF THE SNARE. 233
- XIX. SUCCESSFUL DEBUT. 257
- XX. POOR CLARENCE!. 271
- XXI. TOO LATE. 280
- XXII. HASTE TO THE WEDDING. 285
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- XXIII. THE RAMBLE. 289
- XXIV. A NEW PHASE OF TEMPTATION. 311
- XXV. AND YET ANOTHER. 320
- XXVI. A DAY'S WORK. 330
- XXVII. WAGES AT EVENING. 340
- XXVIII. TIME FLIES. 352
- XXIX. THE ELECTION. 362
- XXX. THE HOUR OF TRIUMPH. 373
- XXXI. GRAVE OF AMBITION. 392
- XXXII. KILLING THE FATTED CALF. 396
- XXXIII. FRUITS OF DISCIPLINE. 406
- XXXIV. MORNING BREAKING. 419
- XXXV. DISCOVERIES-A DEPARTURE. 430
- XXXVI. RETRIBUTION. 438
- XXXVII. THE OUTCASTS' BURIAL. 451
- XXXVIII. MELODY. 453
