Quicksands   By: Adolph Streckfuss (1823-1895)

POPULAR WORKS AFTER THE GERMAN, BY MRS. A. L. WISTER.

Banned and Blessed. After the German of E. Werner. Fine cloth. $1.50.

A Noble Name; or, Dönninghausen. By Claire Von Glümer. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.

From Hand to Hand. From the German of Golo Raimund. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.

Severa. From the German of E. Hartner. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.

The Eichhofs. After the German of Moritz von Reichenbach. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.

A New Race. After the German of Golo Raimund. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.25.

Castle Hohenwald. After the German of Adolph Streckfuss. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.

Margarethe. After the German of E. Juncker. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.

Too Rich. After the German of Adolph Streckfuss. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.25.

A Family Feud. After the German of Ludwig Harder. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.25.

The Green Gate. After the German of Ernst Wichert. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.

Only a Girl. After the German of Wilhelmine von Hillern. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.

Why Did He Not Die? After the German of Ad. Von Volckhausen. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.

Hulda; or, The Deliverer. After the German of F. Lewald. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.

E. MARLITT'S NOVELS.

The Bailiff's Maid. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.25.

In the Schillingscourt. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.

At the Councillor's; or, A Nameless History. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.

The Second Wife. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.

The Old Mam'selle's Secret. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.

Gold Elsie. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.

Countess Gisela. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.

The Little Moorland Princess. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.

Complete sets of the above, in eleven double volumes, bound in uniform and attractive style, can be had for $16.50. Sold in sets only.

For sale by all Booksellers, or will be sent by mail, pottage paid, upon receipt of price by J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., Publishers, Philadelphia.

QUICKSANDS

FROM THE GERMAN OF ADOLPH STRECKFUSS

BY MRS. A. L. WISTER TRANSLATOR OF "THE OLD MAMSELLE'S SECRET," "GOLD ELSIE," "ONLY A GIRL," "A NOBLE NAME," "THE SECOND WIFE," "BANNED AND BLESSED," ETC.

PHILADELPHIA J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO. 1884

Copyright, 1884, by J. B. Lippincott & Co.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER

I. An Exchange

II. Osternau

III. The Castle's Lord and Lady

IV. A Cato In Golden Curls

V. Dinner And Dessert

VI. Soliman's Tricks

VII. The Harvest field

VIII. News From Berlin

IX. A Letter And Its Reply

X. Content And Peace

XI. Good Advice

XII. Bertha von Massenburg

XIII. A Wise Young Judge

XIV. Pastor Widman as a Correspondent

XV. Renewed Confidence

XVI. Robbed

XVII. Two Letters Again

XVIII. A Forced Resolve

XIX. The Prodigal's Return

XX. Linau

XXI. An Accident

XXII. An Old Acquaintance

XXIII. Mischief For Idle Hands

XXIV. Past And Present

XXV. At Home

XXVI. A Conspiracy

XXVII. A Mischievous Coquette

XXVIII. Clara To The Rescue

XXIX. Clara Dea Ex Machinâ

XXX. Conclusion

QUICKSANDS.

CHAPTER I. AN EXCHANGE.