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Edward Payson Roe. The Earth Trembled
The Earth Trembled
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CHAPTER I MARY WALLINGFORD CHAPTER II LOVE'S AGONY CHAPTER III UNCLE SHEBA'S EXPERIENCE CHAPTER IV MARA CHAPTER V PAST AND FUTURE CHAPTER VI "PAHNASHIP" CHAPTER VII MARA'S PURPOSE CHAPTER VIII NEVER FORGET; NEVER FORGIVE CHAPTER IX A NEW SOLACE CHAPTER X MISS AINSLEY CHAPTER XI TWO QUESTIONS CHAPTER XII A "FABULATION" CHAPTER XIII CAPTAIN BODINE CHAPTER XIV "ALL GIRLS TOGETHER" CHAPTER XV TWO LITTLE BAKERS CHAPTER XVI HONEST FOES CHAPTER XVII FIRESIDE DRAMAS CHAPTER XVIII A FAIR DUELLIST CHAPTER XIX A CHIVALROUS SURPRISE CHAPTER XX THE STRANGER EXPLAINS CHAPTER XXI UNCLE SHEBA SAT UPON CHAPTER XXII YOUNG HOUGHTON IS DISCUSSED CHAPTER XXIII THE WARNING CHAPTER XXIV "THE IDEA!" CHAPTER XXV FEMININE FRIENDS CHAPTER XXVI ELLA'S CRUMB OF COMFORT CHAPTER XXVII RECOGNIZED AS LOVER CHAPTER XXVIII "HEAVEN SPEED YOU THEN" CHAPTER XXIX CONSTERNATION CHAPTER XXX TEMPESTS CHAPTER XXXI "I ABSOLVE YOU" CHAPTER XXXII FALSE SELF-SACRIFICE CHAPTER XXXIII A SURE TEST CHAPTER XXXIV "BITTERNESS MUST BE CHERISHED" CHAPTER XXXV NOBLE REVENGE CHAPTER XXXVI A FATHER'S FRENZY CHAPTER XXXVII CLOUDS LIFTING CHAPTER XXXVIII "YES, VILET" CHAPTER XXXIX THE EARTHQUAKE CHAPTER XL "GOD" CHAPTER XLI SCENES NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN CHAPTER XLII A HOMELESS CITY CHAPTER XLIII "THE TERROR BY NIGHT" CHAPTER XLIV HOPE TURNED INTO DREAD CHAPTER XLV A CITY ENCAMPING CHAPTER XLVI "ON JORDAN'S BANKS WE STAN'" CHAPTER XLVII LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF A NIGHT CHAPTER XLVIII GOOD BROUGHT OUT OF EVIL. THE EARTH TREMBLED
THE EARTH TREMBLED
CHAPTER I. MARY WALLINGFORD
CHAPTER II
LOVE'S AGONY
CHAPTER III
UNCLE SHEBA'S EXPERIENCE
CHAPTER IV
MARA
CHAPTER V
PAST AND FUTURE
CHAPTER VI
"PAHNASHIP"
CHAPTER VII
MARA'S PURPOSE
CHAPTER VIII
NEVER FORGET; NEVER FORGIVE
CHAPTER IX
A NEW SOLACE
CHAPTER X
MISS AINSLEY
CHAPTER XI
TWO QUESTIONS
CHAPTER XII
A "'FABULATION"
CHORUS
CHAPTER XIII
CAPTAIN BODINE
CHAPTER XIV
"ALL GIRLS TOGETHER"
CHAPTER XV
TWO LITTLE BAKERS
CHAPTER XVI
HONEST FOES
CHAPTER XVII
FIRESIDE DRAMAS
CHAPTER XVIII
A FAIR DUELLIST
CHAPTER XIX
A CHIVALROUS IMPULSE
CHAPTER XX
THE STRANGER EXPLAINS
CHAPTER XXI
UNCLE SHEBA SAT UPON
CHAPTER XXII
YOUNG HOUGHTON IS DISCUSSED
CHAPTER XXIII
THE WARNING
CHAPTER XXIV
"THE IDEA!"
CHAPTER XXV
FEMININE FRIENDS
CHAPTER XXVI
ELLA'S CRUMB OF COMFORT
CHAPTER XXVII
RECOGNIZED AS LOVER
CHAPTER XXVIII
"HEAVEN SPEED YOU THEN"
CHAPTER XXIX
CONSTERNATION
CHAPTER XXX
TEMPESTS
CHAPTER XXXI
"I ABSOLVE YOU"
CHAPTER XXXII
FALSE SELF-SACRIFICE
CHAPTER XXXIII
A SURE TEST
CHAPTER XXXIV
"BITTERNESS MUST BE CHERISHED"
CHAPTER XXXV
NOBLE REVENGE
CHAPTER XXXVI
A FATHER'S FRENZY
"CAPTAIN BODINE,
CHAPTER XXXVII
CLOUDS LIFTING
"MR. GEORGE HOUGHTON,
"HUGH BODINE."
"GEORGE HOUGHTON."
CHAPTER XXXVIII
"YES, VILET"
CHAPTER XXXIX
THE EARTHQUAKE
CHAPTER XL
"GOD"
CHAPTER XLI
SCENES NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN
CHAPTER XLII
A HOMELESS CITY
CHAPTER XLIII
"THE TERROR BY NIGHT"
CHAPTER XLIV
HOPE TURNED INTO DREAD
CHAPTER XLV
A CITY ENCAMPING
CHAPTER XLVI
"ON JORDAN'S BANKS WE STAND"
CHAPTER XLVII
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF A NIGHT
CHAPTER XLVIII
GOOD BROUGHT OUT OF EVIL
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Edward Payson Roe
Published by Good Press, 2019
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The influence of such a concentrated mind warped almost to the point of monomania, upon a child like Mara, predisposed from birth to share in a similar spirit, can be readily estimated. Peace and time, moreover, had not brought the ameliorating tendencies of prosperity, but rather a continuous and hopeless pressure of poverty.
Mrs. Hunter had been incapable of doing more than save what she could out of the wreck of their fortunes. There were no near relations, and those remaining, with most of their friends and acquaintances who had not been alienated, were struggling like themselves in straitened circumstances. Yet out of this poverty, many open, generous hands would have been stretched to the widow and her ward had they permitted their want to be known. But they felt that they would rather starve than do this, for they belonged to that class which suffers in proud silence. Although they had practiced an economy that was so severe as to be detrimental to both health and character, their principal had melted away, and their jewelry and plate, with the exception of heirlooms that could not be sold without a sense of sacrilege, had been quietly disposed of. The end of their resources was near, and they knew not what to do. Mara had tried to eke out their means by fancy-work, but she had no great aptitude for such tasks, and her education was too defective and old-fashioned for the equipment of a modern teacher. She was well read, especially in the classics, yet during the troubled years of her brief life she had not been given the opportunity to acquire the solid, practical knowledge which would enable her to instruct others. The exclusiveness and seclusion, so congenial to her aunt, had been against her, and now reticence and a disposition to shrink from the world had become a characteristic of her own.
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