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CONTENTS.

I.--A PROPOSAL

II.--TOM THE GROOMSMAN

III.--A FRIGHT AND A RESCUE

IV.--HIGH FESTIVAL AT PINEY COVE

V.--A BALL IN THE BASEMENT

VI.--THE WEDDING

VII.--THE FIRST CLOUD

VIII.--THE BRIDE'S WELCOME HOME

IX.--COUSIN TOM VISITS PINEY COVE

X.--SHADOWS OF A SEPARATION

XI.--THE BALL

XII.--TOM MAKES A DECLARATION

XIII.--WHO COULD IT HAVE BEEN?

XIV.--THE HUSBAND'S LAST CHARGE

XV.--MRS. HARRINGTON'S FRIENDS

XVI.--THE WIDOW'S FLIRTATION

XVII.--STARTING FOR THE PIC-NIC

XVIII.--FACE TO FACE

XIX.--LETTERS

XX.--AN INTERVIEW IN THE WOODS

XXI.--FIRE AND WATER

XXII.--AMONG THE BREAKERS

XXIII.--DEAD AND GONE

XXIV.--HOME IN A STORM

XXV.--THE SUNSHINE OF THE HOUSE

XXVI.--SUNSHINE AND STORMS

XXVII.--COURTSHIP IN THE KITCHEN

XXVIII.--THE DEAD SECRET

XXIX.--TOM FULLER'S LETTER

XXX.--THE WIDOW'S FASCINATIONS

XXXI.--THE HEIR COMES HOME

XXXII.--THE GAUNTLET BRACELETS

XXXIII.--SEARCHING FOR THE BRACELET

XXXIV.--BELOW STAIRS

XXXV.--MRS. MELLEN AND HER COUSIN

XXXVI.--LURED INTO DANGER

XXXVII.--THE AFTER STRUGGLE

XXXVIII.--A HALF UNDERSTANDING

XXXIX.--TRIFLES LIGHT AS AIR

XL.--TWO FACES IN THE GLASS

XLI.--SECRECY IMPOSED ON TOM FULLER

XLII.--THE RIDE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

XLIII.--KINDLY ANXIETIES

XLIV.--ALMOST DEFIANCE

XLV.--THE TIGER IN HIS DEN

XLVI.--THE PAWNBROKER'S SHOP

XLVII.--TEASING CONTINUALLY

XLVIII.--THE PET MESSENGER

XLIX.--ELSIE FINDS THE BRACELET

L.--IN THE TEMPEST

LI.--THE OLD CEDAR TREE

LII.--WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE

LIII.--CLORINDA'S GHOST STORY

LIV.--THE SABLE FORTUNE HUNTER

LV.--IN THE NET

LVI.--THE SECRET TELEGRAM

LVII.--KITCHEN GOSSIP

LVIII.--THE INTERCEPTED TELEGRAM

LIX.--FORCED HOSPITALITY

LX.--WAITING FOR THE HOUR

LXI.--THE MIDNIGHT SEARCH

LXII.--UNDER THE CEDAR

LXIII.--FACE TO FACE

LXIV.--BURIED OUT OF SIGHT

LXV.--THE HUSBAND RELENTS

LXVI.--GONE

LXVII.--UTTER LONELINESS

LXVIII.--PLANS AND LETTERS

LXIX.--ELSIE PROMISES TO BE FAITHLESS

LXX.--ALMOST A PROPOSAL

LXXI.--FUTILE PLEADINGS

LXXII.--TOM FULLER RETURNS

LXXIII.--A FEAST AND A LOVE FEAST

LXXIV.--THAT MONEY IN THE BANK

LXXV.--UNEXPECTED DEVELOPMENTS

LXXVI.--THE CONFESSION

LXXVII.--SEARCHING

LXXVIII.--IN BENSON'S TAVERN

LXXIX.--RECONCILIATIONS

LXXX.--TOM ACCEPTS THE SITUATION

A NOBLE WOMAN.

CHAPTER I.

A PROPOSAL.

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