TO

MY DEAR, YOUNG FRIEND,
MISS EUDORA J. HART,

OF NEW YORK,

THIS VOLUME
IS
MOST AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.

ANN S. STEPHENS.

WASHINGTON, D. C., OCTOBER 17, 1868.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I.--THE STEP-MOTHER AND STEP-SON 23

II.--OLD MR. HARRINGTON 29

III.--THE HILL SIDE ADVENTURE 32

IV.--LINA COMES OUT OF HER FAINTING FIT 38

V.--ON THE BANKS AND ON THE RIVER 45

VI.--THE LITTLE HOUSE ON THE HILL 51

VII.--THE UNEXPECTED PASSENGER 57

VIII.--OUT OF THE STORM 63

IX.--THE BURNING CEDAR 70

X.--HOME IN SAFETY 75

XI.--GENERAL HARRINGTON IS SHOCKED 82

XII.--LOVE DREAMS 85

XIII.--THE BROKEN CONFESSION 93

XIV.--RALPH'S LOVE DREAM 101

XV.--THE STOLEN JOURNAL 107

XVI.--JAMES HARRINGTON'S RIDE 111

XVII.--THAT WOMAN 117

XVIII.--OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS 125

XIX.--THE LOVER'S CONFESSION 131

XX.--THE BOUQUET OF ROSES 136

XXI.--BEN BENSON GIVES AN OPINION 139

XXII.--A RENEWAL OF CONFIDENCE 147

XXIII.--THE LOVE SONG 152

XXIV.--A MEETING IN THE HILLS 155

XXV.--CONTINUED PLOTTING 160

XXVI.--THE NOTE WITH A GREEN SEAL 165

XXVII.--GENERAL HARRINGTON'S CONFESSION 168

XXVIII.--THE NOTE ON THE BREAKFAST TABLE 172

XXIX.--FATHER AND DAUGHTER 179

XXX.--BROTHER AND SISTER 186

XXXI.--THE SLAVE AND HER MASTER