Sharing Her Crime   By: May Agnes Fleming (1840-1880)

1. GUY EARLSCOURT'S WIFE. 2. A WONDERFUL WOMAN. 3. A TERRIBLE SECRET. 4. NORINE'S REVENGE. 5. A MAD MARRIAGE. 6. ONE NIGHT'S MYSTERY. 7. KATE DANTON. 8. SILENT AND TRUE. 9. HEIR OF CHARLTON. 10. CARRIED BY STORM. 11. LOST FOR A WOMAN. 12. A WIFE'S TRAGEDY. 13. A CHANGED HEART. 14. PRIDE AND PASSION. 15. SHARING HER CRIME ( New ).

"Mrs. Fleming's stories are growing more and more popular every day. Their delineations of character, life like conversations, flashes of wit, constantly varying scenes, and deeply interesting plots, combine to place their author in the very first rank of Modern Novelists."

All published uniform with this volume. Price, $1.50 each, and sent free by mail on receipt of price,

BY G. W. CARLETON & CO., Publishers, New York.

SHARING HER CRIME.

A Novel.

BY MAY AGNES FLEMING,

AUTHOR OF

"GUY EARLSCOURT'S WIFE," "A TERRIBLE SECRET," "SILENT AND TRUE," "A WONDERFUL WOMAN," "LOST FOR A WOMAN," "ONE NIGHT'S MYSTERY," "A MAD MARRIAGE," ETC., ETC.

"A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a spirit still and bright, With something of an angel light."

NEW YORK: Copyright, 1882, by G. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers .

LONDON: S. LOW & CO. MDCCCLXXXIII.

Stereotyped by SAMUEL STODDER, 90 ANN STREET, N. Y.

TROW PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING CO., N. Y.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. The Plotters 7

II. The Death of Esther 18

III. The Astrologer 24

IV. Barry Oranmore 29

V. Mount Sunset Hall 37

VI. Lizzie's Lover 49

VII. The Cypress Wreath 62

VIII. Gipsy 70

IX. A Storm at Mount Sunset Hall 82

X. Miss Hagar 91

XI. Gipsy Outwits the Squire 101

XII. The Tigress and the Dove 109

XIII. Gipsy Astonishes the Natives 119

XIV. The Moonlight Flitting 130

XV. The "Star of the Valley." 139

XVI. Our Gipsy 150

XVII. Gipsy's Return to Sunset Hall 158

XVIII. Archie 169

XIX. Gipsy's Daring 182

XX. The Sailor Boy's Doom 191

XXI. The Spider Weaves his Web 204

XXII. Fetters for the Eaglet 215

XXIII. The Bird Caged 222

XXIV. May and December 235

XXV. Archie's Lost Love 246

XXVI. Louis 254

XXVII. Love at First Sight 267

XXVIII. "The Old, Old Story." 277

XXIX. The Rivals 287

XXX. Gipsy Hunts New Game 296

XXXI. Celeste's Trial 306

XXXII. "The Queen of Song." 318

XXXIII. A Startling Discovery 328

XXXIV. Light in the Darkness 334

XXXV. The Death bed Confession 341

XXXVI. Retribution 351

XXXVII. Another Surprise 357

XXXVIII. The Heiress of Sunset Hall 364

XXXIX. "Last Scene of All." 373

SHARING HER CRIME.

CHAPTER I.

THE PLOTTERS.

"'Tis a woman hard of feature, Old, and void of all good nature. 'Tis an ugly, envious shrew, Railing forever at me and you." POPE.