Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888
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Various. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888
A CHRISTMAS ROUND-ROBIN
I. THE MORNING BEFORE CHRISTMAS
II. THE AFTERNOON BEFORE CHRISTMAS
III. CHRISTMAS EVE
IV. CHRISTMAS
A CHRYSTMESSE WYSHE
"DEAD-SHOT DAN."1
"FORGET-ME-NOT."
CERTAIN ANCESTORS OF PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
THE SOLDIERS' DAY AT SHILOH
CHRISTMAS IN EGYPT
STATISTICS OF IDLENESS
THE BELLS OF CHRISTMAS
THE AMERICAN EAGLE UNDER DIFFICULTIES
THE HOLY NIGHT
JOE:
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
THE LATE ELECTION
THE BALANCE OF TRADE
THE SO-CALLED "BALANCE OF TRADE."
A PLEA FOR THE PARENT
ABOUT THE BALLOT
PASSING EVENTS
REVIEWS
THE QUEEN OF THE BLOCK
CHAPTER I. THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY BALL
CHAPTER II. GILL ELECTS A SQUIRE
CHAPTER III. IN SUGAR CAMP HOLLOW
CHAPTER IV. THREE-SISTERS
CHAPTER V. THE QUEEN'S WEDDING
CHAPTER VI. BLIND BENNER'S JEALOUSY
CHAPTER VII. BILL KELLAR
CHAPTER VIII. FIRE
CHAPTER IX. A LETTER FROM GILL'S MOTHER
CHAPTER X. BLIND BENNER'S TRIBUTE
CHAPTER XI. LIZZĪ STOPS A FIGHT
CHAPTER XII. LIZZĪ PROVES HER INNOCENCE
CHAPTER XIII. AN OATH
CHAPTER XIV. HUNCH AND BLIND BENNER VISIT BILL KELLAR
CHAPTER XV. THE BROTHERS LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT GILL
CHAPTER XVI. BILL BENNER AND HUNCH JOIN A CIRCUS
CHAPTER XVII. BLIND BENNER FULFILS HIS PROMISE
CHAPTER XVIII. LIZZĪ'S VENGEANCE
CHAPTER XIX. BLIND BENNER SEES LIZZĪ
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When Malcolm Rutherford entered the library, on the morning of a certain day before Christmas, he was surprised to find his wife in tears. This was all the more vexatious because he knew that she possessed everything to make a reasonable woman happy; but Mrs. Rutherford was not always a reasonable woman, being prone to causeless jealousy and impulsive to rashness. They lived about five miles from Winchester, Va., in which city Rutherford had a fine legal practice.
"What's the matter?" he asked. "Have any of our guests disappointed us?"
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"His putting a young girl in my charge proves nothing; not even that. It seems to me that there is a game of cross-purposes here – something underneath all this that we do not understand, and that only the interested parties can explain."
"Explain in their own way," retorted Mrs. Rutherford.
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