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CONTENTS.

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  • I. The Adopted Sister, 7

  • II. Mr. Tasso Smith and the Apjohns, 20

  • III. Absence, 30

  • IV. Mrs. Apjohn's Adventure, 35

  • V. Cooper John to the Rescue, 41

  • VI. Sunday Evening at Abel's, 53

  • VII. Mr. Smith's Friend's Jewels, 63

  • VIII. Faustina's Tangled Web, 71

  • IX. Faustina Returns Mrs. Apjohn's Visit, 78

  • X. Faustina's Suspense, 85

  • XI. Tasso's Revenge, 91

  • XII. The Guilty Conscience, 104

  • XIII. The Sad Case of the Cooper, 114

  • XIV. More and more Entangled, 123

  • XV. Tragical, 138

  • XVI. The Arrest, 145

  • XVII. Faustina Consoles Herself, 155

  • XVIII. “He Entered in his House, his Home no More,” 159

  • XIX. Husband and Wife, 164

  • XX. The Return of Eliza, 172


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  • XXI. Home once More, 181

  • XXII. Another Sunday, 189

  • XXIII. Abel and Eliza, 199

  • XXIV. The Night, 207

  • XXV. Fiat Justitia, 220

  • XXVI. Through Prison-Bars, 235

  • XXVII. The Convict's Beautiful Wife, 247

  • XXVIII. The Convict's Christian Neighbors, 254

  • XXIX. In Jail. Leave-Taking, 260

  • XXX. The Old Lady Takes Final Leave, 270

  • XXXI. The Beginning of the End, 281

  • XXXII. Miss Jones and Mr. Smith, 291

  • XXXIII. Eliza's Mission, 300

  • XXXIV. Eliza and the Governor, 303

  • XXXV. Deliverance, 309

  • XXXVI. Home, 313