GLADYS, THE REAPER

BY

ANNE BEALE

AUTHOR OF

FAY ARLINGTON, SIMPLICITY AND FASCINATION,
THE MILLER'S DAUGHTER, ETC. ETC.

... standing like Ruth amid the alien corn

Griffith Farran Browne & Co. Limited
35 Bow Street, Covent Garden
London

1881

CONTENTS

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• CHAPTER I.  THE FARMER'S WIFE.
• CHAPTER II.  THE FARMER.
• CHAPTER III.  THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER.
• CHAPTER IV.  THE MISER.
• CHAPTER V.  THE FARMER'S SON.
• CHAPTER VI.  THE MISER'S WIFE.
• CHAPTER VII.  THE SQUIRE.
• CHAPTER VIII.  THE MISER'S SON.
• CHAPTER IX.  THE IRISH BEGGAR.
• CHAPTER X.  THE SQUIRE'S DAUGHTER.
• CHAPTER XI.  THE SAILOR.
• CHAPTER XII.  THE SEMPSTRESS.
• CHAPTER XIII.  THE WIDOW.
• CHAPTER XIV.  THE MILLIONAIRE.
• CHAPTER XV.  THE MILLIONAIRE'S WIFE.
• CHAPTER XVI.  THE SERVANT.
• CHAPTER XVII.  THE COLONEL.
• CHAPTER XVIII.  THE NURSE.
• CHAPTER XIX.  THE CURATE.
• CHAPTER XX.  THE HEIRESS
• CHAPTER XXI.  THE BROTHERS.
• CHAPTER XXII.  THE GOVERNESS.
• CHAPTER XXIII.  THE PREACHER.
• CHAPTER XXIV.  THE LOVER.
• CHAPTER XXV.  THE FUGITIVE.
• CHAPTER XXVI.  THE FRIEND.
• CHAPTER XXVII.  THE MISSIONARY.
• CHAPTER XXVIII.  THE LADY'S MAID.
• CHAPTER XXIX.  THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN.
• CHAPTER XXX.  THE PATRON.
• CHAPTER XXXI.  THE PATRON'S WIFE.
• CHAPTER XXXII.  THE MAN OF THE WORLD.
• CHAPTER XXXIII.  THE TEMPTER.
• CHAPTER XXXIV.  THE RIVALS.
• CHAPTER XXXV.  THE LADY IN HER OWN RIGHT.
• CHAPTER XXXVI.  THE FIRST-BORN.
• CHAPTER XXXVII.  THE SPENDTHRIFT.
• CHAPTER XXXVIII.  THE FORGER.