A Country Sweetheart. Dora Russell
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Dora Russell
A Country Sweetheart
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066138516
Table of Contents
CHAPTER IV. THE OLD LOVE AND THE NEW.
CHAPTER VIII. THE DEW ON THE GRASS.
CHAPTER XII. DANGEROUS MOMENTS.
CHAPTER XIII. GOOD RESOLUTIONS.
CHAPTER XIV. MAY’S STEPMOTHER.
CHAPTER XVI. THE LOVE THAT CAN NOT CHANGE.
CHAPTER XVIII. AT PEMBRIDGE TERRACE.
CHAPTER XXI. MISS WEBSTER’S HINT.
CHAPTER XXVII. AN OLD PHOTOGRAPH.
CHAPTER XXX. JOHN TEMPLE LEAVES WOODLEA.
CHAPTER XXXI. TOO BITTER TO BE BORNE.
CHAPTER XXXIV. MR. CHURCHILL’S NEWS.
CHAPTER XXXV. KATHLEEN WEIR’S GHOST.
CHAPTER XXXVII. A SUDDEN CHANGE.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE DEAD MAN’S BELONGINGS.
CHAPTER XXXIX. JOHN TEMPLE’S RETURN.
CHAPTER XL. A WOMAN’S BARGAIN.
CHAPTER XLII. WEBSTER’S STRUGGLE.
CHAPTER I.
THE NEW HEIR.
In the summer time, from the door of a darkened room, a gray-haired, bent old man had just followed a great surgeon down the wide staircase of Woodlea Hall.
The surgeon looked around when he reached the last steps, and there was kindly pity on his grave face as he met the appealing eyes that were fixed on his.
“I am sorry to say there is no hope, Mr. Temple,” he said, in answer to the mute inquiry on his listener’s face.
Mr. Temple’s bowed gray head bent a little lower when he heard this verdict, and that was all.
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