Wives and Widows;

OR,

THE BROKEN LIFE.

BY

MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS.

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

ANN S. STEPHENS.

St. Cloud Hotel, New York,
November, 1869.

CONTENTS.

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  I.    LEAVING MY HOME 25
  
  II.    MY NEW HOME 31
  
  III.    A NEW LIFE 35
  
  IV.    THREATENED WITH SEPARATION 40
  
  V.    AFTER THE WEDDING 48
  
  VI.    TELLING HOW LOTTIE INTRODUCED HERSELF 53
  
  VII.    OUT IN THE WORLD 59
  
  VIII.    OUR GUEST 63
  
  IX.    FANCIES AND PREMONITIONS 70
  
  X.    NEW VISITORS 76
  
  XI.    THE BASKET OF FRUIT 81
  
  XII.    BREAKFAST WITH OUR GUEST 86
  
  XIII.    JESSIE LEE AND HER MOTHER 88
  
  XIV.    INTRUSIVE KINDNESS 92
  
  XV.    THE TRAIL OF THE SERPENT 97
  
  XVI.    AFTER DREAMING 101
  
  XVII.    LOTTIE EXPRESSES HER OPINION OF THE WIDOW 106
  
  XVIII.    THE UNWELCOME PROPOSAL 109
  
  XIX.    OUT UPON THE RIDGE 112
  
  XX.    ADROIT CROSS-QUESTIONING 118
  
  XXI.    THE EVENING AFTER BOSWORTH'S PROPOSAL 121
  
  XXII.    SOWING SEED FOR ANOTHER DAY 125
  
  XXIII.    AN OUTBREAK OF JEALOUSY 130
  
  XXIV.    THE OLD PENNSYLVANIA MANSION 135
  
  XXV.    THE MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER 139
  
  XXVI.    SICK-BED FANCIES 143
  
  XXVII.