THE LIFE AND TRIALS OF A HOOSIER GIRL.
(HATTIA MCKEEHAN.)
AUTHOR OF "LIBERTY OR DEATH-THE MOTHER'S SACRIFICE."ALSO, THE LOVER'S REVENGE, AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE.
NEW YORK: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR.
1860.PREFACE.
THE Reader will find in the following pages a brief but "o'er true tale" of a loving woman's deep wrongs. It is the old story—trusting woman and heartless man. Why is it ever thus? Will our sex, deceived and deserted as it so often is, never learn wisdom from experience?
Shall the record ever be the same? Will no hand be uplifted to strike the heartless betrayer to the earth, or can none of his victims call to her aid the assistance of a graphic pen, and while narrating the story of her own wrongs, let them serve as a beacon to warn the unsuspecting and innocent maiden of the perils that lurk in the path that is avoided by the feet of those who are content to seek happiness in its accustomed haunts?
Finding none ready to vindicate our wrongs, I, a "Hoosier Girl," have essayed the task, and trust that my story may serve as a warning to all who are so foolish as to "marry in haste and repent at leisure."
HATTIA.
December 22d, 1859.CONTENTS.
THE LIFE AND TRIALS OF A HOOSIER GIRL.
- My First Sorrow, 11
- The Step-mother, 13
- My Marriage and the Death of my Husband, 14
- Hamilton Moore, 16
- My First Visit to the Coast, 18
- The Death of my Only Brother, 20
- My First Attempt at Authorship, 22
- My Visit to Philadelphia, 28
- Selling Almanacs, 28
- The Intelligence Office, 29
- My Adventures in New York, 33
- Meeting an Enemy, 34
- Conclusion, 35
THE LOVER'S REVENGE.
- The Old Soldier, 38
- The Maiden's Signal, 39
- The Declaration, 43
- The Secret, 49
- The Conspiracy, 55
- The Love Letter—The Discovery, 60
- A Catastrophe, 63
- The Betrothal Cancelled, 68
- The Discovery, 70
- The Lottery and the Lucky Number, 72
THE PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE.
- Love Defined, 73
- Characteristics of Woman's Love, 80
- Jealousy, its Nature and Origin, 83
- Love at First Sight, 89
- Absence strengthens Love, 92
- Danger of Marrying without Love, 95
- Marriage without affection, 99
