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The curse of gold. Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), (1810–1886).
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THE CURSE OF GOLD.

BY

MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS.

AUTHOR OF "WIVES AND WIDOWS," "FASHION AND FAMINE," "THE SOLDIER'S ORPHANS," "THE REJECTED WIFE," "THE OLD HOMESTEAD," "THE WIFE'S SECRET," "MABEL'S MISTAKE," "THE GOLD BRICK," "SILENT STRUGGLES," "MARY DERWENT," "DOUBLY FALSE," "THE HEIRESS." Earth teems with good and evil: from her breast The rooted corn springs vigorous to the sun; While summer breezes toss its bearded crest Until a glorious ripening work is done. Thus men are amply fed and doubly blessed. Deep from the caverns of her stony heart, Toil drags the yellow gold, which, burning there, Is innocent of harm,—but once apart From its dark motherhood, fell hate, and care, Curse half its uses in life's stormy mart.

PHILADELPHIA: T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS; 306 CHESTNUT STREET.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

ANN S. STEPHENS' WORKS.

Each Work complete in one vol., 12mo.

  • THE CURSE OF GOLD.
  • WIVES AND WIDOWS.
  • THE HEIRESS.
  • THE REJECTED WIFE.
  • FASHION AND FAMINE.
  • THE GOLD BRICK.
  • SILENT STRUGGLES.
  • THE OLD HOMESTEAD.
  • MARY DERWENT.
  • THE SOLDIER'S ORPHANS.
  • THE WIFE'S SECRET.
  • MABEL'S MISTAKE.
  • DOUBLY FALSE.

Price of each, $1.75 in Cloth; or $1.50 in Paper Cover.

Above books are for sale by all Booksellers. Copies of any or all of the above books will be sent to any one, to any place, postage prepaid, on receipt of their price by the Publishers,

T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS, 306 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

TO
MRS. DUDLEY S. GREGORY,
OF JERSEY CITY,
THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED,
WITH
THE SINCERE FRIENDSHIP
AND RESPECT OF THE AUTHOR,

ANN S. STEPHENS.

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PREFACE.

IT has happened of late that several of my books have been more or less criticised for improbabilities attached either to a character, or some event selected from the rest of the book as too extravagant for belief or for the harmonies of true art. Now, singular enough, in every instance, the events or characters selected for these criticisms have been facts in themselves, or portraits drawn from persons well known to myself and others. If such criticism should fall on the character of Madame De Marke, I may perhaps be permitted to state that this woman has lived within the last fifteen years, and was well known in a certain neighborhood in the city of New York for her wealth, her eccentricity, and her avaricious habits. Her person, her manner of life, and her extreme parsimony, are in no respect overdrawn. The room in which she lived and died is described exactly as she inhabited it in 1849. Of course, the events of the story which runs through this volume are not absolute facts, but the character of the woman, improbable as it may seem, is the vraisemblance of a real individual.

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CONTENTS.

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