oblivion fell over their future fate
as scheming adventuresses to the end of their days.

Love and Dainty did not punish their arch-enemies, but they did not fail
to reward all who had befriended them in their days of adversity. Mamma
Chase lived with them at Ellsworth, Ailsa Scott spent all her summers
there, and Doctor Platt remained the beloved friend of the family to the
last day of his life.

THE END.

Transcriber's Note: The following typographical errors present in the
original edition have been corrected.

In Chapter I, a comma was added after "added Olive, eagerly", and
"tete-a-tete journey" was changed to "tete-a-tete journey".

In Chapter III, "tete-a-tete drive" was changed to "tete-a-tete drive".

In Chapter XVI, "frighten his timid bethrothed" was changed to "frighten
his timid betrothed".

In Chapter XX, "eyes flashing with a strang fire" was changed to "eyes
flashing with a strange fire".

In Chapter XXI, "Calm, oh. calm" was changed to "Calm, oh, calm".

In Chapter XXIX, "stay tonight, and tomorrow I must try to go home" was
changed to "stay to-night, and to-morrow I must try to go home".

In Chapter XXXVIII, "for only today Miss White had called" was changed
to "for only to-day Miss White had called".

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