DAISY'S NECKLACE:

And What Came of It.

(A LITERARY EPISODE.)

BY

T. B. ALDRICH.

King Lear.

CONTENTS.

PROLOGUE.

CHAPTER I.

THE LITTLE CASTLE-BUILDERS.

The House by the Sea—The Round Window—God's eyes in Flowers—The Day-Dreamers—A Picture—An Angel—Old Nanny—On the Sea-Shore— Shell-Hunting—Bell's Freak and Mortimer's Dream—Asleep.

CHAPTER II.

THE DEAD HOPE.

Time's Changes—Fall-down Castles—Little Bell waiting—When will Father come Home?—Little Bell weary—What the Sea said—Nevermore.

CHAPTER III.

SOUL-LAND.

Autumn and Winter—By the Fireside—Where little Bell is going—Nanny sings about Chloe—Bell reads a poem—The flight of an Angel—The Funeral—The good Parson—The two Grave-stones.

CHAPTER IV.

A FEW SPECIMENS OF HUMANITY.

Down Town—Messrs. Flint & Snarle—Tim, the Office Boy, and the pale Book-keeper—The Escritoire—The Purloined Package—Mr. Flint goes Home—Midnight—Miss Daisy Snarle—The Poor Author.

CHAPTER V.

DAISY SNARLE.

Sunday morning—Harvey Snarle and Mortimer—A Tale of Sorrow—The Snow-child—Mortimer takes Daisy's hand—Snarle's death.

CHAPTER VI.

THE PHANTOM AT SEA.

A Storm in the Tropics—The Lone Ship—The Man at the Wheel—How he sang strange Songs—The Apparition—The drifting Bark.

CHAPTER VII.

IN WHICH THERE IS A MADMAN.

Mr. Flint sips vino d'oro—The Stranger—The Letter—Mr. Flint Outwitted—Mr. Flint's Photograph—The Madman's Story—The Wrecked Soul—How Mr. Flint is troubled by his Conscience, and dreams of a Pair of Eyes.

CHAPTER VIII.

MR. FLINT IS PERFECTLY ASTONISHED, AND MORTIMER HAS A VISION.

The Light Heart—A Scene—The Sunny Heart—A Dream of Little Bell—A Hint.

CHAPTER IX.

DAISY AND THE NECKLACE.

Our petite Heroine—How she talked to the Poets—The Morocco Case—Daisy's Eyes make Pictures—Tears, idle Tears!

CHAPTER X.

ST. AGNES' EVE.

The Old Year—St. Agnes—Keats' Poem—The Circlet of Pearls—A Cloud—The Promise—Mrs. Snarle continues her Knitting.

CHAPTER XI.

MORTIMER HAS AN INTERVIEW WITH THE GREAT PUBLISHER, AND MR. FLINT MAKES A DISCOVERY.

H. H. Hardwill, Publisher—Criminal Literature—Alliterative Titles—Goldwood—Poor Authors—A Heaven for them in the Perspective—Flint's Discovery, and the Horns of his Dilemma.

CHAPTER XII.

WHAT DAISY DID.

The Arrest—Doubt and Love—Daisy and the Necklace—The Search—The Heart of Daisy Snarle.

CHAPTER XIII.

IN THE TOMBS.

The Author's Summer Residence—The Egyptian Prison—Without and Within—A Picture—Sunshine in shadow—Joe Wilkes and his unique Proposal—Gloomy Prospects—The Face at the Cell-window.

CHAPTER XIV.

A CLOUD WITH A SILVER LINING.

The Strange Visit—The Lawyer—Walters and Mr. Flint—The Clouds—A Strip of Sunshine—Mortimer.

CHAPTER XV.

IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES.

A Picture—The Lawyer's Note—Mr. Hardwill once more—The Scene at the Law Office—Mr. Flint Hors du Combat—Face to Face.

CHAPTER XVI.

THE OLD HOUSE BY THE SEA.

Clap-trap—John Flint—The Old House—Joe Wilkes—Strephon and Chloe—Tim enjoying himself—Edward Walters and Little Bell—A Last Word.

EPILOGUE.

TO THE

UNFORTUNATE READER.

In this little Extravaganza, I have done just what I intended.

I have attempted to describe, in an auto-biographical sort of way, a well-meaning, but somewhat vain young gentleman, who, having flirted desperately with the Magazines, takes it into his silly head to write a