A NOBLE WOMAN.

BY MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS.

AUTHOR OF "PALACES AND PRISONS," "FASHION AND FAMINE," "MARRIED IN HASTE," "MABEL'S MISTAKE," "DOUBLY FALSE," "WIVES AND WIDOWS," "MARY DERWENT," "THE HEIRESS," "THE REJECTED WIFE," "THE SOLDIER'S ORPHANS," "THE OLD HOMESTEAD," "RUBY GRAY'S STRATEGY," "THE CURSE OF GOLD," "THE WIFE'S SECRET," "THE GOLD BRICK," "SILENT STRUGGLES," ETC.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by
T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

"A Noble Woman," is the name of the new novel written by Mrs. Ann S. Stephens. Its pages are replete with incidents of absorbing interest, and her admirers will read it with avidity, and with a zest which would indicate that the freshness and interest of each of her new novels are still as potent as were her earliest productions. The leading characters are carried through a series of exciting adventures, all of which are narrated and drawn out with such ingenuity that the reader's attention is kept on a tension of interest from the opening page to the close of the volume. This is the great secret of Mrs. Stephens' success—her readers cannot get out of her influence. She does not fatigue them with the subtleties of metaphysics or philosophy. She gives you a thrilling story, pure and simple, sensational if you please, and she leaves the whole affair in the hands of her readers, feeling quite secure of a favorable verdict on every new emanation from her pen. "A Noble Woman" will prove to be the most popular novel that she has ever written.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.—A PROPOSAL
CHAPTER II.—TOM THE GROOMSMAN
CHAPTER III.—A FRIGHT AND A RESCUE
CHAPTER IV.—HIGH FESTIVAL AT PINEY COVE
CHAPTER V.—A BALL IN THE BASEMENT
CHAPTER VI.—THE WEDDING
CHAPTER VII.—THE FIRST CLOUD
CHAPTER VIII.—THE BRIDE'S WELCOME HOME
CHAPTER IX.—COUSIN TOM VISITS PINEY COVE
CHAPTER X.—SHADOWS OF A SEPARATION
CHAPTER XI.—THE BALL
CHAPTER XII.—TOM MAKES A DECLARATION
CHAPTER XIII.—WHO COULD IT HAVE BEEN?
CHAPTER XIV.—THE HUSBAND'S LAST CHARGE
CHAPTER XV.—MRS. HARRINGTON'S FRIENDS
CHAPTER XVI.—THE WIDOW'S FLIRTATION
CHAPTER XVII.—STARTING FOR THE PIC-NIC
CHAPTER XVIII.—FACE TO FACE
CHAPTER XIX.—LETTERS
CHAPTER XX.—AN INTERVIEW IN THE WOODS
CHAPTER XXI.—FIRE AND WATER
CHAPTER XXII.—AMONG THE BREAKERS
CHAPTER XXIII.—DEAD AND GONE
CHAPTER XXIV.—HOME IN A STORM
CHAPTER XXV.—THE SUNSHINE OF THE HOUSE
CHAPTER XXVI.—SUNSHINE AND STORMS
CHAPTER XXVII.—COURTSHIP IN THE KITCHEN
CHAPTER XXVIII.—THE DEAD SECRET
CHAPTER XXIX.—TOM FULLER'S LETTER
CHAPTER XXX.—THE WIDOW'S FASCINATIONS
CHAPTER XXXI.—THE HEIR COMES HOME
CHAPTER XXXII.—THE GAUNTLET BRACELETS