Phoebe, Junior. Mrs. Olifant
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Mrs. Olifant
Phoebe, Junior
e-artnow, 2021
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EAN 4064066388522
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. THE PASTOR'S PROGRESS.
CHAPTER II. THE LEADING MEMBER.
CHAPTER III. MR. COPPERHEAD'S BALL.
CHAPTER XI. PHŒBE'S PREPARATIONS.
CHAPTER XIII. THE TOZER FAMILY.
CHAPTER XV. A DOMESTIC CRISIS.
CHAPTER XVI. THE NEW GENTLEMAN.
CHAPTER XVII. A PUBLIC MEETING.
CHAPTER XVIII. MR. MAY'S AFFAIRS.
CHAPTER XIX. THE NEW CHAPLAIN.
CHAPTER XXII. A DESPERATE EXPEDIENT.
CHAPTER XXVII. A PAIR OF NATURAL ENEMIES.
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE NEW PUPIL.
CHAPTER XXIX. URSULA'S ENTRÉES.
CHAPTER XXX. SOCIETY AT THE PARSONAGE.
CHAPTER XXXIV. AN EXTRAVAGANCE.
CHAPTER XXXV. THE MILLIONNAIRE.
CHAPTER XXXVI. FATHER AND SON.
CHAPTER XXXVII. A PLEASANT EVENING.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. AN EXPEDITION.
CHAPTER XL. THE SINNED-AGAINST.
CHAPTER XLI. A MORNING'S WORK.
CHAPTER XLII. A GREAT MENTAL SHOCK.
CHAPTER XLIV. PHŒBE'S LAST TRIAL.
CHAPTER I.
THE PASTOR'S PROGRESS.
Miss Phœbe Tozer, the only daughter of the chief deacon and leading member of the Dissenting connection in Carlingford, married, shortly after his appointment to the charge of Salem Chapel, in that town, the Reverend Mr. Beecham, one of the most rising young men in the denomination. The marriage was in many ways satisfactory to the young lady's family, for Mr. Beecham was himself the son of respectable people in a good way of business, and not destitute of means; and the position was one which they had always felt most suitable for their daughter, and to which she had been almost, it may be said, brought up. It is, however, scarcely necessary to add that it was not quite so agreeable to the other leading members of the congregation. I should be very sorry to say that each family wished that preferment for its own favourite daughter; for indeed there can be no doubt, as Mrs. Pigeon asserted vigorously, that a substantial grocer, whose