Silent Struggles   By: Ann S. Stephens (1810-1886)

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SILENT STRUGGLES.

by

MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS.

Author of "The Wife's Secret," "The Rejected Wife," "Mary Derwent," "Fashion and Famine," "The Heiress," "The Old Homestead," etc., etc.

A woman's heart, though delicate, is strong, Like virgin gold it takes the furnace heat. Giving to history and immortal song A glow of heroism pure and sweet.

Great men have sought the battle in their pride, Hewing a path to glory as they fell; But women, braver still, have grandly died In silent struggles fame may never tell.

Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 306 Chestnut Street.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Southern District of New York.

DEDICATION.

TO MRS. GEORGE H. PENFIELD, OF HARTFORD, CONN.

DEAR LADY:

One of the sweetest privileges connected with the authorship of a book is, that it can be made the landmark of such love and kindly feeling as have united us from the day that we first met till now. Believe me, it shall not prove my fault if this dedication fails to link the future with the past, in one perfect and life long friendship.

ANN S. STEPHENS.

NEW YORK, APRIL 8, 1865.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. THE SHIP IN A STORM

CHAPTER II. THE OLD STONE HOUSE

CHAPTER III. THE MINISTER

CHAPTER IV. EARLY IN THE MORNING

CHAPTER V. SIR WILLIAM AND HIS WIFE

CHAPTER VI. A GUIDE TO THE FARM HOUSE

CHAPTER VII. THE UNEXPECTED VISITOR

CHAPTER VIII. THE MINISTER AND HIS PUPIL

CHAPTER IX. THE FORCED SACRAMENT

CHAPTER X. HUNTED DOWN

CHAPTER XI. DOOMED TO SLAVERY

CHAPTER XII. ELIZABETH AND HER COUSIN

CHAPTER XIII. THE BROTHER AND SISTER

CHAPTER XIV. ANNA HUTCHINSON'S CURSE

CHAPTER XV. GIVEN UP TO REVENGE

CHAPTER XVI. THE ACCEPTED INVITATION

CHAPTER XVII. THE LOVER'S QUARREL

CHAPTER XVIII. GATHERING ROSES AND THORNS

CHAPTER XIX. CONVERSATION ON THE PORCH

CHAPTER XX. WILD JEALOUSY

CHAPTER XXI. PASSIONATE DENUNCIATIONS

CHAPTER XXII. THE DEATH FIRE

CHAPTER XXIII. TITUBA'S STORY CONTINUED

CHAPTER XXIV. AMONG THE SHADOWS

CHAPTER XXV. THE MORNING RIDE

CHAPTER XXVI. BACK TO THE HOMESTEAD

CHAPTER XXVII. THE CHIEF AND THE LADY

CHAPTER XXVIII. WORKING OF THE EVIL SPELL

CHAPTER XXIX. ASKING FOR SHELTER

CHAPTER XXX. STRANGE SHADOWS

CHAPTER XXXI. NOON IN THE WOODS

CHAPTER XXXII. THE BEACON FIRE

CHAPTER XXXIII. ALL OR NOTHING

CHAPTER XXXIV. TOWARD THE SHORE

CHAPTER XXXV. UNACCOUNTABLE SYMPATHIES

CHAPTER XXXVI. SOUL TORTURES

CHAPTER XXXVII. DENUNCIATIONS AND REPROACHES

CHAPTER XXXVIII. SHELTERED IN THE WOODS

CHAPTER XXXIX. TAKEN CAPTIVE

CHAPTER XL. THE ACCUSERS OF BARBARA

CHAPTER XLI. BARBARA IN HER DUNGEON

CHAPTER XLII. OLD FRIENDS IN COUNCIL

CHAPTER XLIII. THE MINISTER'S EVIDENCE

CHAPTER XLIV. PROGRESS OF THE TRIAL

CHAPTER XLV. CONCLUDING TESTIMONY

CHAPTER XLVI. THE STRANGE ADVOCATE

CHAPTER XLVII. THE WIFE'S APPEAL

CHAPTER XLVIII. THE FOREIGN PACKAGE

CHAPTER XLIX. STRANGE TIDINGS