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A Noble Woman By: Ann S. Stephens (1810-1886) |
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BY MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS. AUTHOR OF "PALACES AND PRISONS," "FASHION AND FAMINE," "MARRIED IN
HASTE," "MABEL'S MISTAKE," "DOUBLY FALSE," "WIVES AND WIDOWS," "MARY
DERWENT," "THE HEIRESS," "THE REJECTED WIFE," "THE SOLDIER'S ORPHANS,"
"THE OLD HOMESTEAD," "RUBY GRAY'S STRATEGY," "THE CURSE OF GOLD," "THE
WIFE'S SECRET," "THE GOLD BRICK," "SILENT STRUGGLES," ETC. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by
T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
"A Noble Woman," is the name of the new novel written by Mrs. Ann S.
Stephens. Its pages are replete with incidents of absorbing interest,
and her admirers will read it with avidity, and with a zest which would
indicate that the freshness and interest of each of her new novels are
still as potent as were her earliest productions. The leading characters
are carried through a series of exciting adventures, all of which are
narrated and drawn out with such ingenuity that the reader's attention
is kept on a tension of interest from the opening page to the close of
the volume. This is the great secret of Mrs. Stephens' success her
readers cannot get out of her influence. She does not fatigue them with
the subtleties of metaphysics or philosophy. She gives you a thrilling
story, pure and simple, sensational if you please, and she leaves the
whole affair in the hands of her readers, feeling quite secure of a
favorable verdict on every new emanation from her pen. "A Noble Woman"
will prove to be the most popular novel that she has ever written. PHILADELPHIA:
T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS;
306 CHESTNUT STREET.
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.
She was eighteen years old and would graduate in a few weeks, yet Elsie
looked like a child, lying there in that little white bed, with her
golden curls scattered on the pillow and the soft whiteness of her neck
and hands shaded by the delicate Valenciennes with which her night robe
was profusely decorated... Continue reading book >>
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