THE CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE.
BYMISS ELIZA A. DUPUY.
AUTHOR OF "THE DISCARDED WIFE; OR, WILL SHE SUCCEED," "THE DETHRONED HEIRESS," "THE HIDDEN SIN," "THE GIPSY'S WARNING," "A NEW WAY TO WIN A FORTUNE," "THE CANCELLED WILL," "WAS HE GUILTY," "THE MYSTERIOUS GUEST," "ALL FOR LOVE," "WHO SHALL BE VICTOR," "MICHAEL RUDOLPH," "WHY DID HE MARRY HER," "THE PLANTER'S DAUGHTER," ETC. "Take thus much of my counsel. Marry not In haste; for she that takes the best of husbands, Puts on a golden fetter: for husbands Are like to painted fruit, which promise much, But still deceive us, when we come to touch them."
PHILADELPHIA:
T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS;
306 CHESTNUT STREET.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
MISS ELIZA A. DUPUY'S WORKS.
Each work is complete in one large duodecimo volume.
- THE DISCARDED WIFE; Or, WILL SHE SUCCEED?
- THE CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE.
- THE MYSTERIOUS GUEST.
- THE HIDDEN SIN. A Sequel to "The Dethroned Heiress."
- THE DETHRONED HEIRESS.
- THE GIPSY'S WARNING.
- ALL FOR LOVE; OR, THE OUTLAW'S BRIDE.
- A NEW WAY TO WIN A FORTUNE.
- THE CANCELLED WILL.
- WHO SHALL BE VICTOR? Sequel to "The Cancelled Will."
- THE PLANTER'S DAUGHTER.
- MICHAEL RUDOLPH.
- WAS HE GUILTY; OR, HOW HE DID IT.
- WHY DID HE MARRY HER?
Price of each, $1.75 in cloth; or $1.50 in Paper Cover.
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T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS, 306 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
CONTENTS.
- I.—A STRUGGLE FOR LIFE. 21
- II.—FAMILY HISTORY, AND PRESENTIMENTS. 37
- III.—GOOD RESOLUTIONS VS. TEMPTATION. 62
- IV.—A SUDDEN TURN OF AFFAIRS. 91
- V.—A BASE DECEPTION. 114
- VI.—THE FORGED LETTERS. 122
- VII.—REVELATION OF A GIRL'S HEART. 136
- VIII.—THE LADY'S TARN. 148
- IX.—THE DIE IS CAST. 174
- X.—THE BETROTHAL. 180
- XI.—THE WARNING VERIFIED. 197
- XII.—GUARDIAN AGAINST LOVER. 217
- XIII.—THE HASTY MARRIAGE. 230
- XIV.—THE FLIGHT. 240
- XV.—FATHER JEROME. 257
- XVI.—ANDREW COURTNAY'S FURY. 264
- XVII.—THE VEIL RENT AWAY. 284
- XVIII.—THE EXPLOSION. 301
- XIX.—ADA DIGBY. 309
- XX.—COLONEL THORNE'S SECRET. 332
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- XXI.—A STRANGE PROPOSAL. 338
- XXII.—CLAIRE'S RESOLUTION. 353
- XXIII.—THE DEATH-BED BRIDAL. 373
- XXIV.—THE WIFE'S DISCOVERY. 390
- XXV.—THE MEETING OF CLAIRE AND AGNES. 405
- XXVI.—CLAIRE'S RETURN TO THE VALLEY. 430
- XXVII.—CLAIRE AT HOME. 439