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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
PART II.
I. Stoneleigh II. The McPhersons III. At Monte Carlo IV. Little Bessie V. At Penrhyn Park VI. Seven Years Later VII. Neil's Discomforture VIII. Jack and Bessie IX. Christmas at Stoneleigh X. Grey XI. Christmas Day XII. The Contract XIII. The New Grey XIV. Miss McPherson and the Letter XV. From January to March XVI. From March to June XVII. Mrs. Rossiter-Browne XVIII. The Birds which sang, and the shadows which Fell XIX. What Grey and Jack Did XX. What The McPhersons Did XXI. What Daisy Did
PART III.
I. In Rome II. Farewell III. Dead IV. Poor Daisy V. Bessie's Decision VI. In Liverpool VII. On the Ship VIII. Grey and his Aunt IX. Bessie is Promoted X. Bessie meets her Aunt XI. Miss McPherson's Housemaid XII. Bessie's Successor XIII. Bessie goes to Grey's Park XIV. Telling Bessie XV. Wedding Bells XVI. Bessie's Fortune XVII. Old Friends XVIII. Home again XIX. Joel Rogers' Monument XX. After Five Years
BESSIE'S FORTUNE.
PART I.