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Mischievous Maid Faynie

Mischievous Maid Faynie

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MISCHIEVOUS MAID FAYNIE


AUTHOR'S SPECIAL EDITION



BY LAURA JEAN LIBBEY

Author of "Ione," "Parted By Fate," "Sweet Kitty Clover," etc.



1899




Cover of Mischievous Maid Faynie





Contents

CHAPTER I.—THE LOVER'S TRYST.
CHAPTER II.—"YOU MUST NOT MARRY HIM—HEAVEN INTENDED YOU FOR ME."
CHAPTER III.—A TERRIBLE PLOT AGAINST A HELPLESS YOUNG GIRL.
CHAPTER IV.—FOND LOVE TO HATRED TURNED.
CHAPTER V.—"CAN YOU PERFORM THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY AT
                                 ONCE, REVEREND SIR?"

CHAPTER VI.—THE VILLAIN AND HIS VICTIM.
CHAPTER VII.—HE RAISED HIS CLINCHED HAND, AND THE BLOW FELL HEAVILY
                                 UPON THE BEAUTIFUL UPTURNED FACE.

CHAPTER VIII.—WHAT HAPPENED AT MIDNIGHT ON THE LONELY RIVER ROAD.
CHAPTER IX.—"THERE MUST NOT BE A SINGLE TRACE LEFT TO MARK THE SPOT
                                 OF THE GRAVE YOU ARE NOW DIGGING," SAID THE MUFFLED STRANGER.

CHAPTER X.—SNATCHED FROM THE GRAVE.
CHAPTER XI.—"YOU ARE DISINHERITED—EVERYTHING IN THIS HOUSE IS MINE."
CHAPTER XII.—IMPENDING EVIL.
CHAPTER XIII.—IN THE TOILS OF THE CONSPIRATORS.
CHAPTER XIV.—"YOU ARE OUR PRISONER!"
CHAPTER XV.—THE NEW BROOM DID NOT SWEEP CLEAN.
CHAPTER XVI.—THE WILL DISINHERITING FAYNIE.
CHAPTER XVII.—EVERY MAN TO HIS TRADE.
CHAPTER XVIII.—MARGERY'S LOVE DREAM.
CHAPTER XIX.—PRETTY MARGERY'S TERRIBLE DISCOVERY.
CHAPTER XX.—A FATHER'S RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION
CHAPTER XXI.—"I LIKE HER BETTER THAN ANY I HAVE MET—I SHALL MARRY HER."
CHAPTER XXII.—CLAIRE'S LOVER.
CHAPTER XXIII.—THE PROPOSAL.
CHAPTER XXIV.—AN AWFUL APPARITION.
CHAPTER XXV.—"I INTEND TO WATCH YOU DIE, INCH BY INCH, DAY BY DAY!"
CHAPTER XXVI.—A FIENDISH ACT.
CHAPTER XXVII.—HALLORAN MEETS WITH HIS REWARD.
CHAPTER XXVIII.—"SOME TERRIBLE PRESENTIMENT IS WARNING ME THAT
                                 MY DARLING IS IN DANGER."

CHAPTER XXIX.—"GREAT GOD, IT IS A GHOST—THE GHOST OF FAYNIE!"
CHAPTER XXX.—AT THE LAST.







CHAPTER I.

THE LOVER'S TRYST.


It was five o'clock on a raw, gusty February afternoon. All that day and all the night before it had been snowing hard. New York lay buried beneath over two feet of its cold white mantle, and with the gathering dusk a fierce hurricane set in, proclaiming the approach of the terrible blizzard which had been predicted.

On this afternoon, which was destined to be so memorable, two young men were breasting the sleet and hail, which tore down Broadway with demoniac glee, as though amused that the cable cars were stalled fully a mile along the line, and the people were obliged to get out and walk, facing the full fury of the elements, if they hoped to arrive at their

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