TIGHT TIMES, OR THE DIAMOND CROSS; AND OTHER TALES.
BYClara Moreton.
"THE LEAST FLOWER, WITH A BRIMMING CUP, MAY STAND, AND SHARE ITS DEW DROP WITH ANOTHER NEAR." —MRS. BROWNING.
PHILADELPHIA:
WILLIS P. HAZARD,
178 CHESNUT STREET,
1855KITE & WALTON.
DEDICATION.
TO YOU, MY DEAR BROTHERS; DEARER TO ME THAT I HAVE NEVER KNOWN A SISTER'S COMPANIONSHIP AND LOVE; I AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATE THIS COLLECTION OF SOME OF MY FUGITIVE PIECES.
YOUR ONLY SISTER,
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CLARA.
CONTENTS.
- TIGHT TIMES; OR THE DIAMOND CROSS, 9
- THE BECKERTONS; A TALE FOR CHRISTMAS, 60
- AUNT ESTHER'S DOWRY, 121
- A DAY IN MIDSUMMER, 156
- ELSIE GRAY; OR THE MINISTER'S DAUGHTER, 158
- LINES, 181
- THE ESTRANGED HEARTS; A TALE OF MARRIED LIFE, 183
- AUTUMN, 228
- THE HAPPY THANKSGIVING; A NEW ENGLAND TALE, 230
- THE DYING WIFE, 255
- EMMA DUDLEY'S SECRET, 257
- THE APPROACH OF WINTER, 284
- RECORDS OF A SUMMER TOUR, 286
- THE FATHER'S CHOICE; A STORY OF NEW ENGLAND LIFE, 289
- TO A FRIEND, AFTER THE SUDDEN DEATH OF HER ONLY BROTHER, 323
- SONNETS, 325
- THE MOTHER-IN-LAW; OR THE MARRIAGE PORTION, 327
- CONSTANCE LESTER; OR LOVE VS. GRATITUDE, 388
- MARY, 432
