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The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Gold Brick, by Ann S. Stephens
Title: The Gold Brick
Author: Ann S. Stephens
Release Date: November 29, 2010 [eBook #34500]
Language: English
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THE GOLD BRICK.
BY
AUTHOR OF "FASHION AND FAMINE," "MARY DERWENT," "THE OLD
HOMESTEAD," "THE REJECTED WIFE," "THE HEIRESS,"
"THE WIFE'S SECRET," "SILENT STRUGGLES," ETC.
Out from his crime, a night-shade of the soul.
There, fed on poison—bathed with bitter dew,
She found the evil thing. Her sweet control
Unearthed the root, and softly planted there
A tiny germ, all white and pure as snow,
And then with tears, and smiles, and silent prayer,
Through grief and darkness, watched the lone plant grow
A stately tree, rooted so deep in Love,
That its best fruitage must be found above.
Philadelphia:
T. B. PETERSON AND BROTHERS;
306 CHESTNUT STREET.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by
MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and
for the Southern District of New York.
TO
MY DEAR FRIEND,
MRS. BENJAMIN F. LOAN
OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI,
THIS VOLUME
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.
ANN S. STEPHENS.
New York, March, 1866.
CONTENTS.
PAGE | |
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CHAPTER I. | |
THE MASSACRE | 27 |
CHAPTER II. | |
THE JEWEL BOX | 33 |
CHAPTER III. | |
THE BURIAL | 39 |
CHAPTER IV. | |
THE FAITHFUL SLAVE | 46 |
CHAPTER V. | |
THE SEARCH FOR GOLD | 54 |
CHAPTER VI. | |
THE FLOGGING | 61 |
CHAPTER VII. | |
A REBELLIOUS SPIRIT | 67 |
CHAPTER VIII. | |
THE BOX OF JEWELS | 76 |
CHAPTER IX. | |
CHAINED IN THE HOLD | 81 |
CHAPTER X. | |
THE HOUSE IN THE PINE WOODS | 92 |
CHAPTER XI. | |
KATHARINE ALLEN'S VISIT TO THE WHITE COTTAGE | 97 |
CHAPTER XII. | |
HOME FROM SEA | 104 |
CHAPTER XIII. | |
THE WAY-SIDE MEETING | 110 |
CHAPTER XIV. | |
THE OLD HOME AND THE OLD PEOPLE | 116 |
CHAPTER XV. | |
BREAKFAST IN THE OLD HOMESTEAD | 125 |
CHAPTER XVI. | |
A PAINFUL INTERVIEW | 135 |
CHAPTER XVII. | |
JEALOUS PANGS REGARDING MRS. MASON | 139 |
CHAPTER XVIII. | |
MRS. MASON'S |