THE WITHERED HEART.
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THE WITHERED HEART.
BYT S. ARTHUR.
"Hearts are daily broke, and spirits crush'd, While he who slays destroys in safety." DOUGLAS JERROLD.BOSTON: L. P. CROWN & CO., 43 CORNHILL. PHILADELPHIA: J. W. BRADLEY, 48 N. FOURTH ST.
1857.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by J. W. Bradley, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I. DIFFERENCE OF OPINION. 1
- CHAPTER II. OVERTURES OF FRIENDSHIP. 15
- CHAPTER III. JANE ENFIELD'S EARLY LIFE. 30
- CHAPTER IV. PRESENTIMENTS. 49
- CHAPTER V. THE FIRST CONTEST. 61
- CHAPTER VI. A VISIT TO GARDEN STREET. 75
- CHAPTER VII. THE NEW HOME. 91
- CHAPTER VIII. CLOUDS AND SUN-GLEAMS. 102
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- CHAPTER IX. EVENING HOURS. 116
- CHAPTER X. THE NON-ARRIVAL. 128
- CHAPTER XI. ABSENT AGAIN. 146
- CHAPTER XII. END OF THE HONEYMOON. 156
- CHAPTER XIII. THE FIRST-BORN. 167
- CHAPTER XIV. HELEN'S EARLY EDUCATION. 182
- CHAPTER XV. HELEN SENT TO SCHOOL. 197
- CHAPTER XVI. HELEN RETURNS HOME. 207
- CHAPTER XVII. THE ASYLUM. 221
- CHAPTER XVIII. BAFFLED PURPOSES. 234
- CHAPTER XIX. BRIGHTER HOPES. 244
- CHAPTER XX. BETTER DAYS. 257
- CHAPTER XXI. THE SEPARATION. 266
- CHAPTER XXII. EDWARD LINTON. 279
- CHAPTER XXIII. THE ERROR DETECTED. 288
- CHAPTER XXIV. THE INVALID. 296
- CHAPTER XXV. THE TOURISTS' RETURN. 308