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Charlotte M. Braeme
1—Adrian Leroy, Charles Garvice.
2—Farmer Holt's Daughter, Charles Garvice.
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5—Woven on Fate's Loom—On Her Wedding Morn, C. Garvice.
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8—A Coronet of Shame, Charles Garvice.
9—Love of A Life Time, Charles Garvice.
10—His Perfect Trust, Charles Garvice.
11—Her Love So True, Charles Garvice.
12—A Bridge of Love, Between Two Lives, Bertha M. Clay.
13—A Golden Dawn, Bertha M. Clay.
14—Her Second Love, Bertha M. Clay.
15—A Squire's Darling, Bertha M. Clay.
16—The Shadow of A Sin, Bertha M. Clay.
17—The Shattered Idol, Bertha M. Clay.
18—Wedded and Parted, Bertha M. Clay.
19—A Queen Among Women, Bertha M. Clay.
20—Jennie, Bertha M. Clay.
21—Lady Diana's Pride, Charlotte M. Braeme.
22—Catherine's Flirtations, Charlotte M. Braeme.
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25—At War With Herself, Bertha M. Clay.
26—Wife In Name Only, Charlotte M. Braeme.
27—Her Faithful Heart, Charlotte M. Braeme.
28—Her Only Sin, Charlotte M. Braeme.
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31—She Trusted Him, Charles Garvice.
32—Leslie's Peril, Charles Garvice.
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34—Woman Against Woman, Mrs. M. E. Holmes.
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37—Look Before You Leap, Mrs. Alexander.
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39—The Price Of Honor, Charles Garvice.
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45—Her Humble Lover, Charles Garvice.
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47—A Woman's Temptation, Bertha M. Clay.
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50—The Lost Heiress, H. W. Taylor.
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52—The Haunted Chamber, The Duchess.
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55—A Life's Remorse, The Duchess.
56—A Little Irish Girl, The Duchess.
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61—A Born Coquette, The Duchess.
62—Her Hearts Desire, Charles Garvice.
63—By Woman's Wit, Mrs. Alexander.
64—Maid, Wife or Widow, Mrs. Alexander.
65—A False Scent, Mrs. Alexander.
66—Beaton's Bargain, Mrs. Alexander.
67—Blind Fate, Mrs. Alexander.
68—Forging the Fetters, Mrs. Alexander.
69—Doris' Fortune, F. Warden.
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80—Not Exactly Right, Elsie Leigh Whittlesey.
81—The Child Wife, Adah M. Howard.
82—Jenny Harlowe, W. Clark Russell.
83—The Baffled Conspirators, W. E. Norris.
84—The Evil Genius, Wilkie Collins.
85—A Mere Child, L. B. Walford.
86—Love for A Day, Bertha M. Clay.
87—A Dead Heart, Bertha M. Clay.
88—His Wife's Judgement, Bertha M. Clay.
89—Like No Other Love, Bertha M. Clay.
90—Under A Shadow, Bertha M. Clay.
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92—Homestead on The Hillside, Mary J. Holmes.
93—Meadowbrook, Mary J. Holmes.
94—Old Hagar's Secret, Mary J. Holmes.
95—Lord Vanecourt's Daughter, Mabel Collins.
96—Old Lady Mary, Mrs. Oliphant.
97—A Lucky Young Woman, Mrs. Phillips.
98—A Little Countess, O. Fenillet.
99—Averill, Rosa Nouchette Carey.
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Transcriber's Notes:
This story was first serialized in the Fireside Companion from January 28, 1888 to April 7, 1888. This electronic edition is based on a later book-form reprint.
Table of contents added by transcriber.
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Page 13, corrected "bitterenss" to "bitterness."
Page 27, corrected "msyterious" to "mysterious."
Page 66, added missing close quote to poem.
Page 133, corrected "least" to "lest" in "would not speak lest no one."
Page 138, added missing quote after "We should have been back in England in a few months."