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  CHAPTER XVI. Mrs. Clifton Visits "the Baby's" Grave—A pleasant Surprise—Dolly's Sickness—Daffy's Soliloquy. 94   CHAPTER XVII. Dolly Convalesces and Effervesces—Baking-Day, and Rose's first Attempt at Cooking—Heart's-ease. 101   CHAPTER XVIII. Village Gossip—The desolate Parsonage. 109   CHAPTER XIX. The Child-mother—Aunt Dolly's Letter. 112   CHAPTER XX. A Glimpse at Bachelor Quarters. 119   CHAPTER XXI. Rose's sick Babe—Aunt Dolly, as the Fashionable Mrs. John Howe. 122   CHAPTER XXII. Old Mrs. Bond's Visit to the City—Silent Reproof. 128   CHAPTER XXIII. Mr. Finels, Mrs. Howe's Intimate Friend—Mrs. Bond's Interview with Rose. 133   CHAPTER XXIV. A Passage-at-arms between Mrs. Howe and her Fashionable Female Friend. 147   CHAPTER XXV. Mr. Howe attempts an independent Course of Action—He Removes Rose and Little Charley from the Attic to the best Spare Room—Mrs. Howe "lets him hear from it." 152   CHAPTER XXVI. Rose makes an Astounding Discovery—Mr. Howe Ventures on a Connubial Joke—The Result of Mr. Howe's Joke—Rose and her sick Babe in the Stage-coach. 158   CHAPTER XXVII. Mrs. Bond's Reception of Rose—The Old Lady's Christian Faith and Philosophy. 170   CHAPTER XXVIII. The Wash-room—The Brutal Remark. 172   CHAPTER XXIX. Miss Bodkin's Account of the Rise and Progress of Mrs. John Howe. 176   CHAPTER XXX. The Flight of Rose, with Little Charley. 181   CHAPTER XXXI. The Christening, at Mrs. Howe's—The Secret Whisper—The Denouement. 184   CHAPTER XXXII. Rose at Sea—Captain Lucas—Fritz—Doctor Perry—The
Marriage Proposal. 189   CHAPTER XXXIII. The Captain and Dr. Perry—Arrival in New Orleans. 198   CHAPTER XXXIV. Rose's New Home—The Maniac's Story—News of Vincent. 202   CHAPTER XXXV. Mrs. Howe thinks it time to go to the Springs—Mr. Howe attempts to cherish an Opinion of his own—The