HIS TWO WIVES
BYMARY CLEMMER AMES
AUTHOR OF "A MEMORIAL OF ALICE AND PHŒBE CARY," "OUTLINES OF MEN, WOMEN, AND THINGS," ETC.NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY HURD AND HOUGHTON Cambridge: The Riverside Press
1875Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by MARY CLEMMER AMES, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE: STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.
TO
MY PUBLISHERS,
WHOSE
KINDLY PATIENCE HAS SO OFTEN WAITED ON A WEARY HAND,
AND WHOSE FAITH IN IT, BEFORE IT WAS WRITTEN,
INSPIRED THIS BOOK,
IT IS NOW GRATEFULLY DEDICATED.
CONTENTS.
- I. THE MARRIAGE. 1
- II. THE HOME. 20
- III. LITTLE CYRIL. 30
- IV. THE SERPENT IN EDEN. 43
- V. THE FIRST QUARREL. 69
- VI. THE PHOTOGRAPH. 83
- VII. A JOURNEY. 102
- VIII. TARNSTONE PINNACLE. 113
- IX. LIFE AT TARNSTONE. 132
- X. THE RISING MAN. 153
- XI. PORTENTS. 164
- XII. "GOOD-BY, SWEETHEART." 174
- XIII. THE AFFINITY CLUB. 188
- XIV. AGNES AT THE OPERA: CIRCE SUTHERLAND. 199
- XV. CIRCE SUTHERLAND: OLD WASHINGTON. 213
- XVI. AGNES AT THE CAPITAL: THE NEW MEMBER. 224
- XVII. SHUT IN THE CAPITOL. 239
- XVIII. THE AMBASSADORS' BALL. 253
- XIX. TRUTH-TELLING: VAN NESS PLACE. 279
- XX. THE SHADOW OF DEATH, AND THE SHADOW OF LIFE. 301
- XXI. MRS. PEPPERCORN'S ADVICE. 324
- XXII. LOSS: FLIGHT. 342
- XXIII. THE REFUGE. 366
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- XXIV. EARNING HER LIVING. 378
- XXV. ULM NEIL. 400
- XXVI. SUCCESS? 416
- XXVII. THE DUFFERIN RECTOR. 435
- XXVIII. THE PREACHER AT THE PINNACLE. 452
- XXIX. ETHELINDA. 478
- XXX. REAPING. 501
- XXXI. AWAKENING. 517
- XXXII. RETURN. 532
- XXXIII. RETRIBUTION: REWARD. 554
- XXXIV. CONSUMMATION. 568
