LORD HOPE'S CHOICE.
BYMRS. ANN S. STEPHENS.
AUTHOR OF "THE OLD COUNTESS," "THE REIGNING BELLE," "MARRIED IN HASTE," "MABEL'S MISTAKE," "DOUBLY FALSE," "WIVES AND WIDOWS," "MARY DERWENT," "THE REJECTED WIFE," "THE SOLDIER'S ORPHANS," "THE OLD HOMESTEAD," "FASHION AND FAMINE," "THE HEIRESS," "RUBY GRAY'S STRATEGY," "THE CURSE OF GOLD," "SILENT STRUGGLES," "THE WIFE'S SECRET," "PALACES AND PRISONS," "THE GOLD BRICK," "A NOBLE WOMAN." "Oh, dark is the stream—this stream of blood, That flows from here red and wide. Still, still I hear, so sharp and clear, In the horrible, horrible silence outside— The clock that stands in the empty hall, And talks to my soul of that awful time, With a face like a face at a funeral, Telling a tale too sad for rhyme. I hear a terrible silence inside, Where a house has fallen and some one has died."
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- THE GOLD BRICK.
- THE CURSE OF GOLD.
- THE HEIRESS.
- FASHION AND FAMINE.
- PALACES AND PRISONS.
- THE OLD HOMESTEAD.
- SILENT STRUGGLES.
- MARY DERWENT.
- THE WIFE'S SECRET.
- THE SOLDIER'S ORPHANS.
- RUBY GRAY'S STRATEGY.
- MABEL'S MISTAKE.
- DOUBLY FALSE.
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ST. CLOUD HOTEL, NEW YORK, March, 1873.CONTENTS.
- I.—CONSULTATIONS. 23
- II.—THE SLEEPING CHILD. 31
- III.—THE LOST CHILD. 38
- IV.—THE MIDNIGHT VISIT. 46
- V.—THE CHAMBER OF DEATH. 56
- VI.—OLD MRS. YATES AND HER SON. 62
- VII.—RACHAEL CLOSS IN HER ROOM. 76
- VIII.—THE TENEMENT HOUSE IN FLAMES. 84
- IX.—A NEW HOME. 90
- X.—A STORM IN THE BASEMENT. 94
- XI.—OUT IN THE STREET. 102
- XII.—SEARCHING FOR NEWS. 109
- XIII.—THE FIRST NIGHT IN PRISON. 117
- XIV.—REACTION. 125
- XV.—RACHAEL CLOSS AND THE CHILD. 133
- XVI.—THE TWO ROOMS. 142
- XVII.—MRS. YATES BRINGS TROUBLE TO HER SON'S WIFE. 152
- XVIII.—BROTHER AND SISTER. 161
- XIX.—THE PRISONER AND HIS WIFE. 167
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- XX.—MATTHEW STACY EXPLAINS THE LAW TO HARRIET. 175
- XXI—HEPWORTH AND RACHAEL HAVE A CONTEST. 184
- XXII.—THE CIVIL WEDDING. 188
- XXIII.—MRS. YATES HEARS ASTOUNDING NEWS. 198
- XXIV.—ELIZABETH YATES VISITS A LAWYER. 208
- XXV.—OPENING OF THE TRIAL. 214
- XXVI.—OLD MRS. YATES VISITS HER LAWYER. 219
- XXVII.—THE OLD WOMAN AND THE CHILD. 223
- XXVIII.—THE SECOND DAY OF THE TRIAL. 231
- XXIX.—SENTENCED FOR LIFE. 238
- XXX.—OLYMPIA, THE PRIMA DONNA. 245
- XXXI.—TWO FUNERALS. 257
- XXXII.—AN INVITATION TO THE THEATRE. 264
- XXXIII.—THE ACTRESS-MOTHER. 269
- XXXIV.—OLYMPIA AND BROWN DISCUSS THE FUTURE. 278
- XXXV.—THE COTTAGE AT SING-SING. 284
- XXXVI.—THE PARK GALA AT OAKHURST. 291
- XXXVII.—FOURTEEN YEARS AFTER. 302