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Bessie's Fortune
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Title: Bessie's Fortune A Novel
Author: Mary J. Holmes
Release Date: March 7, 2005 [EBook #15275]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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BESSIE'S FORTUNE.
A Novel.
MRS. MARY J. HOLMES,
AUTHOR OF
TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE.--DARKNESS AND DAYLIGHT.--MILBANK.--ENGLISH ORPHANS.--LENA RIVERS.--ETHELYN'S MISTAKE.--HUGH WORTHINGTON.--MADELINE.--WEST LAWN.--MARIAN GREY--EDNA BROWNING, ETC.
NEW YORK: _G.W. Dillingham, Publisher_, SUCCESSOR TO G.W. CARLETON & CO. LONDON: S. LOW, SON & CO. MDCCCLXXXVIII.
TO MY NEPHEW,
WALTER H. TWICHELL
(OF WORCESTER. MASS.)
I DEDICATE THIS STORY OF BESSIE,
WHICH WILL REMIND HIM OF A HAPPY YEAR IN EUROPE.
CONTENTS
PART I.
I. The Jerrolds of Boston II. Grey Jerrold III. Lucy IV. Thanksgiving Day at Grey's Park V. The Old Man and the Boy VI. Miss Betsey McPherson VII. The Dinner at Which Bessie is Introduced VIII. After The Dinner IX. The Horror at the Farm-House X. The Interview XI. At the Old Man's Bedside XII. The Story XIII. Facing it XIV. The Effect of the Story XV. Grey and the Secret XVI. Expecting Bessie