They Looked and Loved; Or, Won by Faith
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Alex. McVeigh Miller. They Looked and Loved; Or, Won by Faith
CHAPTER I. A WEB OF FATE
CHAPTER II. AT PIRATE BEACH
CHAPTER III "IT IS BETTER THAT YOU DIE."
CHAPTER IV. LIZETTE SAVES HER MISTRESS
CHAPTER V. A PLOT TO WIN A LOVER
CHAPTER VI. UNDER THE ROOF OF GRAY GABLES
CHAPTER VII. FORGOT SHE WAS A WIFE
CHAPTER VIII. IN DEADLY PERIL
CHAPTER IX. THE SERPENT RING
CHAPTER X "WILL YOU NEVER FORGIVE?"
CHAPTER XI "IT IS THE RING."
CHAPTER XII. ALL FOR A WOMAN'S SAKE
CHAPTER XIII. SECRET PLANS
CHAPTER XIV. TWO PISTOL SHOTS
CHAPTER XV. A DUEL ON THE BEACH
CHAPTER XVI "WITH THIS RING I THEE WED."
CHAPTER XVII "SHALL I NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN?"
CHAPTER XVIII "HE WILL KILL MY HUSBAND."
CHAPTER XIX. TREACHERY
CHAPTER XX. A GHOST ON BOARD SHIP
CHAPTER XXI. DONALD KAYNE'S RETURN
CHAPTER XXII. PEPITA!
CHAPTER XXIII. NITA AT GRAY GABLES AGAIN
CHAPTER XXIV. THE MISER SENDS FOR HIS BRIDE
CHAPTER XXV "LET US DIE TOGETHER."
CHAPTER XXVI "YOU SHALL KNOW THE SECRET."
CHAPTER XXVII. THE TENTH OF JUNE
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE OTHER CLAIMANT
CHAPTER XXIX. HER FATHER'S NAME AND GOLD
CHAPTER XXX. DONALD KAYNE'S STORY
CHAPTER XXXI. LIZETTE A PRISONER
CHAPTER XXXII. ON TRIAL FOR HER LIFE
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE PARRICIDE'S FATE
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It was midnight, and the moon rode high in the star-spangled sky, and mirrored itself in the ocean as it rolled its long and heavy swells in upon the silvery sands of the shell-strewn shore.
Far up the beach stood an old, graystone mansion, many-gabled and picturesque, surrounded by handsome and spacious grounds dotted with trees and shrubberies. Up in the second story a dim light gleamed from an open casement, and from it leaned a girl watching the beauty of the summer night with dark, solemn eyes—Nita Farnham, the miser's bride.
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Miser Farnham put out a lean hand and gripped the virago's wrist so tightly that she screamed with pain.
"Behave yourself then, you she-devil, and do not presume to question my actions. You will leave the girl alone, remember. She belongs to me now, for I found her after you had let her escape your clutches. No wonder she fled from you. The bare idea of that ruffianly son of yours aspiring to the hand of the proud Juan de Castro's daughter—faugh!"
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