Sharing Her Crime: A Novel
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May Agnes Fleming. Sharing Her Crime: A Novel
CHAPTER I. THE PLOTTERS
CHAPTER II. THE DEATH OF ESTHER
CHAPTER III. THE ASTROLOGER
CHAPTER IV. BARRY ORANMORE
CHAPTER V. MOUNT SUNSET HALL
CHAPTER VI. LIZZIE'S LOVER
CHAPTER VII. THE CYPRESS WREATH
CHAPTER VIII. Gipsy
CHAPTER IX. A STORM AT MOUNT SUNSET HALL
CHAPTER X. MISS HAGAR
CHAPTER XI. GIPSY OUTWITS THE SQUIRE
CHAPTER XII. THE TIGRESS AND THE DOVE
CHAPTER XIII. GIPSY ASTONISHES THE NATIVES
CHAPTER XIV. THE MOONLIGHT FLITTING
CHAPTER XV. THE "STAR OF THE VALLEY."
CHAPTER XVI. OUR GIPSY
CHAPTER XVII. GIPSY'S RETURN TO SUNSET HALL
CHAPTER XVIII. ARCHIE
CHAPTER XIX. GIPSY'S DARING
CHAPTER XX. THE SAILOR BOY'S DOOM
CHAPTER XXI. THE SPIDER WEAVES HIS WEB
CHAPTER XXII. FETTERS FOR THE EAGLET
CHAPTER XXIII. THE BIRD CAGED
CHAPTER XXIV. MAY AND DECEMBER
CHAPTER XXV. ARCHIE'S LOST LOVE
CHAPTER XXVI. LOUIS
CHAPTER XXVII. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
CHAPTER XXVIII "THE OLD, OLD STORY."
CHAPTER XXIX. THE RIVALS
CHAPTER XXX. GIPSY HUNTS NEW GAME
CHAPTER XXXI. CELESTE'S TRIAL
CHAPTER XXXII "THE QUEEN OF SONG."
CHAPTER XXXIII. A STARTLING DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XXXIV. LIGHT IN DARKNESS
CHAPTER XXXV. THE DEATH-BED CONFESSION
CHAPTER XXXVI. RETRIBUTION
CHAPTER XXXVII. ANOTHER SURPRISE
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE HEIRESS OF SUNSET HALL
CHAPTER XXXIX "LAST SCENE OF ALL."
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For a moment he stood still, stunned and bewildered. Understand? Yes, he understood her too well.
He approached the bed, and softly drew back the heavy, dark curtains. Lying there, in a troubled sleep, lay a young girl, whose face was whiter than the pillow which supported her. Her long hair streamed in wild disorder over her shoulders, and added to the wanness of her pale face.
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The unexpected shock sent both rolling over in the snow, which considerably cooled the fever in Doctor Wiseman's blood. The indignant "guardian of night," with an exclamation which wouldn't look well in print, laid hold of the doctor's collar. But there was vigor in Doctor Wiseman's dwarfed body, and strength in his long, lean arms; and with a violent effort he wrenched himself free from the policeman's tenacious grasp, and fled.
"Charley" started in pursuit, and seeing he would soon be overtaken, the doctor suddenly darted into the high, dark portico of an imposing-looking house, and soon had the satisfaction of beholding the angry watchman tear past like a comet, in full pursuit.
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