Dainty's Cruel Rivals; Or, The Fatal Birthday
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Alex. McVeigh Miller. Dainty's Cruel Rivals; Or, The Fatal Birthday
CHAPTER I "A SWEET GIRL GRADUATE."
CHAPTER II "THE PRETTIEST GIRL IN THE ROOM!"
CHAPTER III. THE HAPPIEST DAY SHE HAD EVER KNOWN
CHAPTER IV. THE OLD MONK
CHAPTER V "ONLY A DREAM."
CHAPTER VI. LOVE'S ROSY DAWN
CHAPTER VII "THE TRAIL OF THE SERPENT."
CHAPTER VIII. THE ELLSWORTH HONOR
CHAPTER IX "ALL THAT'S BRIGHT MUST FADE."
CHAPTER X "THE GRIM FATES."
CHAPTER XI. LOVE'S PRESENTIMENTS
CHAPTER XII. A MADDENED LOVER
CHAPTER XIII. SAD FOREBODINGS
CHAPTER XIV. DAINTY WOULD NEVER FORGET THAT DAY
CHAPTER XV. BLACK MAMMY'S STORY
CHAPTER XVI. THE GHOST ALARM
CHAPTER XVII. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE WEDDING
CHAPTER XVIII. THE WEDDING MORN
CHAPTER XIX. A MADMAN'S DEED
CHAPTER XX. THE END OF THE DAY
CHAPTER XXI. WOULD HEAVEN TURN AWAY FROM HER WILD APPEAL?
CHAPTER XXII. UNMASKED
CHAPTER XXIII. AH! THE PITY OF IT!
CHAPTER XXIV. THE DARKEST HOUR
CHAPTER XXV. AMONG STRANGERS
CHAPTER XXVI. THE MOTHER'S WOE
CHAPTER XXVII. IT SEEMED LIKE SOME BEAUTIFUL DREAM WHEN SHE ENTERED THE GATES IN THE CHILLY SUNSET OF A WINDY OCTOBER DAY
CHAPTER XXVIII. MORE BITTER THAN DEATH
CHAPTER XXIX. AS WE KISS THE DEAD
CHAPTER XXX. A TERRIBLE DEED
CHAPTER XXXI. LOST! LOST! LOST!
CHAPTER XXXII. IT WAS THE OVERFLOWING DROP OF SORROW IN THE CUP THAT ALREADY BRIMMED OVER
CHAPTER XXXIII. A NEW HOME
CHAPTER XXXIV. THROWN ON THE WORLD
CHAPTER XXXV. GRAND COMPANY
CHAPTER XXXVI "ONLY TO SEE YOU, MY DARLING."
CHAPTER XXXVII. A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XXXVIII. GOOD NEWS
CHAPTER XXXIX "FOR ALL ETERNITY."
CHAPTER XL. CONCLUSION
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Meanwhile, Olive and Ela, having reached Ellsworth in a high state of glee at outwitting Dainty so cleverly, received a great shock on learning from their aunt that Lovelace Ellsworth had expected to accompany them from Richmond to his home.
Bitterness filled their hearts when they realized what would be the outcome of their malice—that instead of Dainty having to give up her trip through timidity at traveling alone, she would have the escort of the man from whom they had tried so sedulously to keep her apart.
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"I was wondering why you invited Dainty Chase, if you wanted Olive or me to marry your step-son? She is the prettiest girl in the world!"
"Dainty Chase pretty? But that can not be. Her father, my half-brother, was a very homely man, and I never heard that his wife was a beauty. I felt sorry for the poor little thing, and wanted to give her a good time; that was why I invited her to come. Of course, I never saw her; but she is my half-niece all the same, and I owe her some kindness, though I don't want her to marry Love, or to inherit my money, so I hope I didn't make a mistake!" the old lady exclaimed, uneasily.
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