Kidnapped at the Altar; Or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain
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Laura Jean Libbey. Kidnapped at the Altar; Or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain
Kidnapped at the Altar; Or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain
Table of Contents
Chapter I
SOME YOUNG GIRLS FIND LOVE SO SWEET; TO OTHERS IT PROVES A CURSE
Chapter II
FATE IS AGAINST SOME PEOPLE, FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE
Chapter III
"WHEN THOSE WE LOVE DRIFT AWAY FROM US THEY ARE NEVER THE SAME AGAIN— THEY NEVER COME BACK."
Chapter IV
"THE GIRL WHO PLAYS AT FLIRTATION MAY FIND SHE HAS GRASPED A TWO-EDGED SWORD," SAID THE HANDSOME YOUNG CAPTAIN, LOOKING FULL IN GERELDA'S BEWITCHING, HAUGHTY FACE
Chapter V
THE MYSTERIOUS HOUSE ON LONELY WAU-WINET ISLAND
Chapter VI
THE SWEET AND TENDER LETTERS THAT SUDDENLY CEASED TO COME
Chapter VII
EVERY YOUNG GIRL WOULD LIKE A LOVER. AND WHY NOT? FOR LOVE IS THE GRANDEST GIFT THE GODS CAN GIVE
Chapter VIII
A MOTHER'S DESPERATE SCHEME
Chapter IX
GERELDA'S ESCAPE FROM WAU-WINET ISLAND
Chapter X
LIFE WITHOUT LOVE IS LIKE A ROSE WITHOUT PERFUME
Chapter XI
GERELDA COULD HAVE SAVED HER
Chapter XII
OUT IN THE COLD, BLEAK WORLD!
Chapter XIII
"I LOVE JESSIE BAIN WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL!"
Chapter XIV
"DO NOT LEAVE ME, FOR YOU ARE THE DELIGHT AND SUNSHINE OF MY LONELY LIFE!"
Chapter XV
"HUBERT CARES FOR ME NO LONGER," SOBBED THE GIRL
Chapter XVI
WHAT OUGHT A GIRL DO IF THE MAN SHE LOVES CARES FOR ANOTHER?
"A Romance in Real Life.—The Prettiest Girl in the City and a Well-known Young Millionaire the Hero and Heroine of the Episode."
Chapter XVII
LOVE IS BITTER AND THE WHOLE WORLD GOES WRONG WHEN TWO LOVERS PART IN ANGER FOREVER
"A Notable Marriage in High Life—Mr. Hubert Varrick and Miss Northrup Wedded At Last."
Chapter XVIII
WEDDING BELLS OUT OF TUNE
Chapter XIX
THE COLLISION—THE PILOT AT THE WHEEL
Chapter XX
LOVE IS A POISONED ARROW IN SOME HEARTS
Chapter XXI
IT IS SO HARD FOR A YOUNG GIRL TO FACE THE WORLD ALONE
Chapter XXII
"PRAY, PERMIT ME TO ESCORT YOU HOME," SAID THE HANDSOME STRANGER, STEPPING TO JESSIE'S SIDE AND RAISING HIS HAT WITH A PROFOUND BOW
Chapter XXIII
JESSIE BAIN ENTERS THE HOUSE OF SECRETS
Chapter XXIV
"OH, TO SLEEP MY LIFE AWAY, AND BE WITH THEE AT REST!"
Chapter XXV
"AH! IF I BUT KNEW WHERE MY TRUE LOVE IS!"
Chapter XXVI
HUBERT VARRICK RESCUES JESSIE BAIN
Chapter XXVII
"I WOULD RATHER WALK BY YOUR SIDE IN TROUBLE THAN SIT ON A THRONE BY THE MIGHTIEST KING."
Chapter XXVIII
A MOTHER'S PLEA
Chapter XXIX
RETURNING GOOD FOR EVIL
Chapter XXX
A TERRIBLE REVELATION
Chapter XXXI
THE MIDNIGHT VISITOR
Chapter XXXII
CAPTAIN FRAZIER PLOTS AGAIN
Chapter XXXIII
IN THE TOILS
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Laura Jean Libbey
Published by Good Press, 2021
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She was terrified. She saw that he needed comfort quite as much as herself.
The minister, who had entered the room unobserved, had heard all. He quitted the apartment as quickly as he had entered it, and hurried through the corridor to his friend Doctor Roberts.
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