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Wives and Widows;

OR,

THE BROKEN LIFE.

BY

MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS.
AUTHOR OF "RUBY GRAY'S STRATEGY," "FASHION AND FAMINE," "THE CURSE OF GOLD,"
"THE REJECTED WIFE," "THE OLD HOMESTEAD," "THE WIFE'S SECRET,"
"MABEL'S MISTAKE," "THE GOLD BRICK," "SILENT STRUGGLES,"
"MARY DERWENT," "DOUBLY FALSE," "THE HEIRESS,"
"THE SOLDIER'S ORPHANS," ETC., ETC.
When falsehood genders in a human soul,Blossoms may hide the reptile in his creeping,But every pulse will stir at his control,Or feel the burden of his poisonous sleeping,Until the tight'ning circle of his coilsBinds down the heart, which God alone assoils.
In honest hearts the gentle truth reposes;As nightingales, with rapturous music filled,Nestle down, softly, in the clust'ring roses,While the sweet night and moonlit air is thrilledWith perfect harmonies,—truth will ariseAnd send its voice, upringing, to the skies.
PHILADELPHIA:
T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS;
306 CHESTNUT STREET.
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TO

MISS ELIZA S. ORMSBEE,

OF

PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND,

THIS BOOK IS

MOST AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.

ANN S. STEPHENS.

St. Cloud Hotel, New York,
November, 1869.
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CONTENTS.
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    I.    LEAVING MY HOME  25

    II.    MY NEW HOME  31

    III.    A NEW LIFE 35

    IV.    THREATENED WITH SEPARATION 40

    V.    AFTER THE WEDDING 48

    VI.    TELLING HOW LOTTIE INTRODUCED HERSELF 53

    VII.    OUT IN THE WORLD 59

    VIII.    OUR GUEST 63

    IX.    FANCIES AND PREMONITIONS 70

    X.    NEW VISITORS 76

    XI.    THE BASKET OF FRUIT  81

    XII.    BREAKFAST WITH OUR GUEST 86

    XIII.    JESSIE LEE AND HER MOTHER 88

    XIV.    INTRUSIVE KINDNESS...
                        
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