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The adopted daughter

and other tales
Cary, Alice (1820-1871)
  
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CONTENTS.

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THE ADOPTED DAUGHTER.
 1. 
CHAPTER I.
 2. 
CHAPTER II.
 3. 
CHAPTER III.
 4. 
CHAPTER IV
 5. 
CHAPTER V.
 6. 
CHAPTER VI.
 7. 
CHAPTER VII.
 8. 
CHAPTER VIII.
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THREE SCENES IN THE SOUTH.
 1. 
SCENE I.—THE COTTAGE.
 2. 
SCENE II.—THE CONTRAST.
 3. 
SCENE III.—THE CATASTROPHE.
 3. 
MARY NEILLY.
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THE LAST OF TORCONNIER'S BAND.
 1. 
PART FIRST.
 2. 
PART SECOND.
 3. 
PART THIRD.
 5. 
THE SPOILER.
 6. 
A COUNTRY RECOLLECTION, OR, THE REFORMED INEBRIATE.
 7. 
THE WAY-SIDE SPRING.
 8. 
THE DYING HUSBAND.
 9. 
A WATER-SONG.
 10. 
OUT OF THE TAVERN.
 11. 
AGATHA TO HAROLD. A BALLAD.
 12. 
TWILIGHT
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LITTLE PELEG, THE DRUNKARD'S SON;
 1. 
CHAPTER I. THE CHRISTMAS SUPPER.
 2. 
CHAPTER II. THE BIRTH-NIGHT PARTY.
 3. 
CHAPTER III. REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS.
 14. 
THE HEART'S LITANY.
 15. 
COMFORT.
 16. 
THE PEN AND THE PRESS.
 17. 
LOVELY WOMAN.
 18. 
THE CONSECRATION.
 19. 
THE SCULPTOR OF FLORENCE AND THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER.
 20. 
“LOVE AND CHERISH ONE ANOTHER!”
 21. 
ROSE MAY, THE NEW SCHOOL-MISTRESS. A REMINISCENCE OF A NAMELESS VILLAGE.
 22. 
THE DEAD YOUTH OF THE ISTHMUS.
 23. 
CAST OUT THE WINE.
 24. 
A TALE.
 25. 
NANNY.
 26. 
MY EARLY FRIEND.
 27. 
THE SHADOW-DEATH.
 28. 
LOVE'S ASSURANCE.
 29. 
THE AUCTION, OR THE WEDDING-COAT. A TALE OF TRUTH.
 30. 
THE NEGLECTED.
 31. 
WINE OCCASIONALLY. EVELYN.
 32. 
UNEQUAL YOKING: A WARNING TO YOUNG WOMEN.
 33. 
THE ANGEL CHILD.
 34. 
A SISTER'S LOVE.
 35. 
THE DEVOTED.
 36. 
THE BASKET-MAKER. DEDICATED TO THE ARISTOCRACY.
 37. 
OUT-SPOKEN LOVE.
 38. 
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS.
 39. 
IDELLA PEMBERTON.
 40. 
AN AUTUMN SONG.
 41. 
THE LOVE OF ZEPHYR AND THE VIOLET.
 42. 
PRETTY, LAUGHING EOLINE.
 43. 
FEMALE PIONEERS OF THE WEST;
 44. 
MY WORK
 45. 
WORDS.
 46. 
ONE LEAF OF LIFE.
 47. 
THE TWO CLERKS.
 48. 
WINTER.
 49. 
LAMENT OF THE FORSAKEN.
 50. 
A TALE OF THE DESTROYER.
 51. 
THE SPIRIT OF THE VINE.
 52. 
NIAGARA.
 53. 
A TRUE STORY.
 54. 
EARTH'S HEAVENLY VISITOR.
 55. 
THE VOICE AND PEN.
 56. 
WATCHING.
 57. 
THE HISTORY OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. A TRUE TALE.

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WINTER.

BY MRS. N. ORR.

Gentle as an infant's breathing
Falls the feathery footed snow,
Shrouding with its fleecy lightness
All the dreary waste below.
Trees now shorn of dewy leaflets,
Flowers shrinking from the storm,
Fold their young and glowing petals
Till the summer sun is warm.
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Hushed the glee of bird and insect,
Folded is the Iris wing,
Woodland bowers, dark and dreary,
May not with their music ring.
Hark! the storm-king shrilly whistles
Through the cold and frosty sky,
While the north wind's lofty cadence
In a freezing blast reply.
Winter, thou art cold and cheerless,
Joyless though the crackling fire
Glowing with its ruddy brightness,
Many a cheerful song inspire.
To the poor thou bringest sorrow
Creeping through the broken wall,
Sending snow-flakes on cold pinions
Through the dark and crumbling hall.
Flickers now the failing rush-light,
Dies the embers ruddy glow,
And the poor half famished children
To their scanty pallet go.
Winter, thou indeed art cheerless,
Though thy drapery is bright,
Quickly pass, and let the spring time
Come with warmth and flowers bedight.
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