Kidnapped at the Altar: or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain
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Libbey Laura Jean. Kidnapped at the Altar: or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain
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?
Chapter XVII. LOVE IS BITTER AND THE WHOLE WORLD GOES WRONG WHEN TWO LOVERS PART IN ANGER FOREVER
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. 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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When Gerelda Northrup bid Captain Frazier good-night, and linked her arm within her mother's, and retired to their apartments, Mrs. Northrup could not help notice how carefully her daughter guarded the great crimson beauty rose she wore on her breast.
The mother also noticed that the handsome captain wore a bud of the same kind in the lapel of his coat.
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"It is from an unknown friend," whispered the boy, so low that even Varrick did not catch the words. "A simple wish accompanies it," the boy went on, "and that is, when the ceremony is but just begun, you will raise the little book to your lips for the sake of the unknown friend who sends it to you."
Gerelda smiled and promised, thoughtlessly enough, that she would comply.
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