HOW HE DID IT.
BYMISS ELIZA A. DUPUY.
AUTHOR OF "WHY DID HE MARRY HER," "PLANTER'S DAUGHTER," "MICHAEL RUDOLPH; THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE," "THE BRIDE OF FATE," ETC., ETC. "Mine Eyes Were not in fault, for she was beautiful; Mine Ears that heard her flattery; nor my Heart, That thought her like her Seeming: it had been vicious To have mistrusted her." —SHAKESPEARE.
PHILADELPHIA:
T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS;
306 CHESTNUT STREET.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
MRS. EMMA D. E. N. SOUTHWORTH'S WORKS.
Each Work is complete in one large duodecimo volume.
- TRIED FOR HER LIFE. A Sequel to "Cruel as the Grave."
- THE FAMILY DOOM; or, THE SIN OF A COUNTESS.
- THE MAIDEN WIDOW. Sequel to "The Family Doom."
- CRUEL AS THE GRAVE.
- THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS.
- THE MOTHER-IN-LAW.
- THE THREE BEAUTIES.
- THE DESERTED WIFE.
- THE CHANGED BRIDES.
- THE BRIDE'S FATE. SEQUEL TO CHANGED BRIDES.
- THE BRIDE OF LLEWELLYN.
- THE GIPSY'S PROPHECY.
- THE FORTUNE SEEKER.
- THE LOST HEIRESS.
- THE CHRISTMAS GUEST.
- THE BRIDAL EVE.
- THE TWO SISTERS.
- FAIR PLAY; OR, THE TEST OF THE LONE ISLE.
- HOW HE WON HER. A SEQUEL TO FAIR PLAY.
- THE FATAL MARRIAGE.
- THE HAUNTED HOMESTEAD.
- LOVE'S LABOR WON.
- THE MISSING BRIDE.
- LADY OF THE ISLE.
- THE WIFE'S VICTORY.
- FALLEN PRIDE; OR, THE MOUNTAIN GIRL'S LOVE.
- INDIA: OR, THE PEARL OF PEARL RIVER.
- VIVIA: OR, THE SECRET OF POWER.
- THE CURSE OF CLIFTON.
- THE DISCARDED DAUGHTER.
- THE WIDOW'S SON.
- ALL WORTH ABBEY.
- RETRIBUTION.
Price of each, $1.75 in Cloth; or $1.50 in Paper Cover.
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CONTENTS.
- I.—THE ASSASSINATION. 21
- II.—REMORSE. 29
- III.—THE SECRET BOX. 36
- IV.—OLD FRIENDS. 54
- V.—SCHEMES AND COUNTER SCHEMES. 63
- VI.—MERRY CHRISTMAS. 78
- VII.—STRANGE FOREBODINGS. 96
- VIII.—PHILIP VANE BROUGHT TO THE TRIAL. 109
- IX.—GATHERING SHADOWS. 123
- X.—PHILIP REPORTS TO HIS MOTHER. 138
- XI.—THE NEW HEIRESS. 150
- XII.—GREEK MEETS GREEK. 168
- XIII.—FANNY BERKELY'S INTENTIONS. 183
- XIV.—THE PLOTTERS AT WORK. 197
- XV.—ISOLA'S DANGER. 213
- XVI.—THE DEMON AT WORK. 220
- XVII.—PHILIP VANE UNEARTHED. 232
- XVIII.—SAVELLA DEFIANT. 239
- XIX.—THE PLOTTERS AT WORK. 249
- XX.—A TERRIBLE VISION. 258
- XXI.—FANNY'S VISIT TO LA FONTAINE. 267
- XXII.—CARRIE'S SORROW. 277
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- XXIII.—ISOLA AT HOME AGAIN. 285
- XXIV.—MYSTERIOUS NOISES. 295
- XXV.—A DIABOLICAL ACT FRUSTRATED. 305
- XXVI.—THE ELOPEMENT. 321
- XXVII.—CLAUDE'S ANGEL. 330
- XXVIII.—NEWS FROM GEORGE. 340
- XXIX.—THE SCHEMERS AT WORK. 348
- XXX.—ANOTHER SCHEME OF VILLAINY. 359
- XXXI.—PHILIP'S PRIDE HUMBLED. 370
- XXXII.—ISOLA'S PRETENDED FATHER ARRIVES. 378
- XXXIII.—KIDNAPPED. 391
- XXXIV.—NEW REVELATIONS. 404
- XXXV.—ON THE TRACK. 419
- XXXVI.—LEO ENTRAPPED. 428
- XXXVII.—THE PLOTTERS FOILED. 438
- XXXVIII.—CONCLUSION. 452