GRACIE AMBER.
BYMRS. C. W. DENISON,
Author of "Home Pictures," "What Not," "Carrie Hamilton," &c. "Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished. "—HOLY WRIT.NEW-YORK: SHELDON, BLAKEMAN & CO. CHICAGO: S. C. GRIGGS & CO.
1857.Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1857, by SHELDON, BLAKEMAN & CO., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. J. J. REED, PRINTER AND STEREOTYPER, 16 Spruce St., N. Y.
CONTENTS.
- I.—THE TREASURE. 5
- II.—THE REPRIMAND. 12
- III.—HART'S CONCLUSION. 21
- IV.—JUPE'S INTERVIEW WITH THE SEXTON. 29
- V.—PAUL HALBURTON. 33
- VI.—THE CONSULTATION. 41
- VII.—THE BELFRY—MOTHER MOTT—PAUL. 52
- VIII.—THE VEILED LADY. 56
- IX.—THE MINISTER. 60
- X.—MINNIE DALE. 65
- XI.—MINNIE SEEKS PAUL HALBURTON. 70
- XII.—ALLAN, THE COFFIN-MAKER. 74
- XIII.—LITTLE ANGY. 81
- XIV.—THE FUNERAL OF THE FORSAKEN. 86
- XV.—JUPE AND THE SAILOR BOARDING-HOUSE. 90
- XVI.—MOTHER MOTT'S CLASS-MEETING. 101
- XVII.—JUPE FINDS MOTHER MOTT. 109
- XVIII.—SPECULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE VEILED LADY. 114
- XIX.—MRS. HOLDEN'S CALL ON WIDOW AMBER. 119
- XX.—READING A LETTER IN THE GRAVE-YARD. 124
- XXI.—THE LANDLORD'S VISIT. 133
- XXII.—A PEEP AT MYSTERY. 143
- XXIII.—PAUL'S TRUE CHARACTER. 152
- XXIV.—JUPE IN TROUBLE. 157
- XXV.—THE FASHIONABLE CIRCLE. 171
- XXVI.—THE COFFIN-MAKER'S HOUSEHOLD. 183
- XXVII.—JUPE CARRIED TO THE HOSPITAL. 195
- XXVIII.—LITTLE ANGY VISITS JUPE. 200
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- XXIX.—TROUBLE FOR THE AMBERS—THE BABY'S DEATH. 205
- XXX.—NEWS FROM HART HOLDEN. 215
- XXXI.—ANOTHER HOUSEHOLD IDOL TAKEN. 222
- XXXII.—GRACIE'S EFFORT. 228
- XXXIII.—THE DISAPPOINTMENT. 234
- XXXIV.—REFLECTIONS OF MRS. AMBER. 243
- XXXV.—PAUL AND HIS TOOL. 254
- XXXVI.—GRACIE GIVES HER FIRST MUSIC LESSON. 264
- XXXVII.—GRACIE FINDS AN OLD FRIEND. 271
- XXXVIII.—A NEW CHAPTER OF LIFE. 277
- XXXIX.—PAUL AND THE VEILED LADY. 286
- XL.—PAUL ADVERTISES FOR JUPE. 295
- XLI.—THE PRESENT. 306
- XLII.—GRACIE'S EXPERIENCE. 313
- XLIII.—LETTA HOLDEN'S PARTY. 319
- XLIV.—HART HOLDEN DISPLAYS HIS FIRMNESS OF PURPOSE. 326
- XLV.—JUPE'S WHEREABOUTS. 334
- XLVI.—ANOTHER SERIOUS LOSS. 341
- XLVII.—GRACIE DESPONDENT. 346
- XLVIII.—RECONCILIATION. 360
- XLIX.—ALLAN'S GOOD FORTUNE. 368
- L.—THE DREAM. 380
- LI.—APPREHENSION. 390
- LII.—CLOUDS AND SHADOWS. 398
- LIII.—THE MURDER. 407
- LIV.—THE HOAX. 410
- LV.—HART IN HIS PRISON CELL. 419
- LVI.—HART'S DEFENCE—LOVEJOY'S GUILT. 429
- LVII.—SAVED. 438
- LVIII.—THE CRIMES OF PAUL HALBURTON. 440
- LIX.—A DYING BED. 443
- LX.—CONCLUSION. 448