ZOE; Or, SOME DAY.

A NOVEL.

BY MAY LEONARD.

Authoress of "Trixie's Inheritance; or, Which Shall Win."

SAINT JOHN, N. B.:
PRINTED BY GEO. W. DAY, COR. PRINCESS AND PRINCE WM. STS.
1888.

CONTENTS.

PREFACE.
CHAPTER I.—An Invitation
CHAPTER II.—"I shall snub her"
CHAPTER III.—A Yachting Party
CHAPTER IV.—A Stranger
CHAPTER V.—Fortune Telling
CHAPTER VI.—"Your Sister, Dolores"
CHAPTER VII.—At Nice
CHAPTER VIII.—You never can tell
CHAPTER IX.—"Shall we not be friends?"
CHAPTER X.—"I wonder who she can be?"
CHAPTER XI.—Trouble overtakes the best of men
CHAPTER XII.—Too confiding. "Yes, it is my husband"
CHAPTER XIII.—The Convent of St. Marguerite
CHAPTER XIV.—Trying to be economical
CHAPTER XV.—An accident. A wild hope
CHAPTER XVI.—"Truly, vengeance is mine"
CHAPTER XVII.—Blondine gains the victory
CHAPTER XVIII.—"A woman one does not meet every day"
CHAPTER XIX.—A revelation
CHAPTER XX.—Rea's atonement. The new Mother Superior
CHAPTER XXI.—Ned Crane. "The one and the same,"
CHAPTER XXII.—Lord Streathmere's sit. Sir Barry's heart's desire
CHAPTER XXIII.—Zoe's some day

PREFACE.

Just a few words to my readers, with regard to the book before them. The story of a girl's ambition; a novel certainly, but containing many incidents that have lately happened. It is most certainly very difficult to attempt to please every one, when there are so many different tastes to please. The many readers of my first novel, "Trixie's Inheritance; or, Which shall Win?" were kind enough to remember that the story had not come from the pen of a woman who had lived to realize the many changes that happen during years of personal experience, but that it had all been composed and written by a girl sixteen years old. They pardoned, overlooked the many flaws and mistakes, and remembered that we are not to be condemned for our first efforts. It was a very pleasant remembrance for me of my first book, that Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, on receipt of a copy, sent me the following recognition for my letter and book:

"General Sir Henry T. Ponsonby is commanded by the Queen to thank Miss May Leonard for her letter of the 20th March, and for the book she sends."

Buckingham Palace.

18th May, 1887.

A copy was sent to Lord Lansdowne, Governor General of Canada, who also sent a pleasant note of thanks.

In conclusion, I wish to thank the many ladies and gentlemen who so heartily, willingly and kindly have assisted me in making this, my second book, so successful.

MAY LEONARD.

ZOE; Or, SOME DAY.

CHAPTER I.

AN INVITATION.

"Dolores, will he ever come?"

The hammock, slung between the two sturdy old apple trees, swings gently to and fro, the scorching rays of an