Fashion and Famine
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Ann S. Stephens. Fashion and Famine
Fashion and Famine
Table of Contents
Preface
FASHION AND FAMINE
CHAPTER I. THE STRAWBERRY GIRL
CHAPTER II. THE OLD COUPLE
CHAPTER III. THE LONE MANSION
CHAPTER IV. THE ASTOR HOUSE AND THE ATTIC ROOM
CHAPTER V. MISTRESS AND SERVANT
CHAPTER VI. THE TEMPTER AND THE TEMPTED
CHAPTER VII. THE OLD HOMESTEAD
CHAPTER VIII. THE CITY COTTAGE
CHAPTER IX. MRS. GRAY'S THANKSGIVING DINNER
CHAPTER X. THE BROTHER'S RETURN
CHAPTER XI. THE MOTHER'S LETTER
CHAPTER XII. STRIFE FOR AN EARL
CHAPTER XIII. THE MORNING LESSON
CHAPTER XIV. A WEDDING FORESHADOWED
CHAPTER XV. THE MOTHER'S APPEAL
CHAPTER XVI. THE BRIDAL WREATH
CHAPTER XVII. AN HOUR BEFORE THE BALL
CHAPTER XVIII. THE FORGED CHECK
CHAPTER XIX. NIGHT AND MORNING
CHAPTER XX. THE LAST INTERVIEW
CHAPTER XXI. THE CITY PRISON
CHAPTER XXII. THE IMPRISONED WITNESS
CHAPTER XXIII. THE THREE OLD WOMEN
CHAPTER XXIV. THE FIRST NIGHT IN PRISON
CHAPTER XXV. LITTLE GEORGIE
CHAPTER XXVI. MRS. GRAY AND THE PRISON WOMAN
CHAPTER XXVII. STRUGGLES AND REVELS
CHAPTER XXVIII. ADA LEICESTER AND JACOB STRONG
CHAPTER XXIX. ADA'S SOLITARY BREAKFAST
CHAPTER XXX. THE PRISON WOMAN IN ADA'S DRESSING-ROOM
CHAPTER XXXI. THE TOMBS LAWYER
CHAPTER XXXII. THE LAWYER'S VISIT TO HIS CLIENT
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE TRIAL FOR MURDER
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE TWO WITNESSES
CHAPTER XXXV. THE VERDICT
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE PARENTS, THE CHILD AND GRANDCHILD
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE DAWNING OF LIGHT
CHAPTER XXXVIII. GATHERING FOR THE EXECUTION
CHAPTER XXXIX. HEARTS AND CONSCIENCES AT REST
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Ann S. Stephens
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Since the great front door had fallen softly to its latch after the little girl left the building, no sound had broken the intense hush that surrounded it. Still the lady, who had so marvelously impressed herself upon the heart of that child, lay prone upon the couch in her boudoir in the second story. She was the only living being in that whole dwelling, and but for the quick breath that now and then disturbed her bosom, she appeared lifeless as the marble Flora that seemed scattering lilies over the cushion where she rested.
After a time the stillness seemed to startle her. She lifted her head and looked around the room.
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