Chapter II: Preface

The leading incidents of the following story were suggested by circumstances in the life of a near relative, long since, we trust, in Heaven. I have used the novelist’s privilege in giving a happier termination to the fiction than is warranted by the facts.

E. D. E. N. S.

PROSPECT COTTAGE,
_February 16th, 1856_.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Collegian’s Supper, 25
II. A Southern Home, 37
III. The Planter’s Daughter, 46
IV. Mrs. Sutherland, 67
V. Chambre de Toilette et la Trousseau, 111
VI. Love and Gold, 118
VII. Reaction, 132
VIII. Farewell, 154
IX. The Fatal Marriage, 162
X. Rosalie and her Lover, 177
XI. Rosalie, 183
XII. Bridal Preparations, 196
XIII. The Meeting, 205
XIV. Rosalie, 217
XV. Discordances, 223
XVI. The Confession, 235
XVII. Prognostics, 241
XVIII. Departures, 246
XIX. The Journey, 250
XX. The Log Cabin, 266
XXI. Going to Housekeeping, 274
XXII. A Night of Fear, 282
XXIII. Cabin-Keeping, 291
XXIV. Domestic Arrangements, 299
XXV. Cashmere, 307
XXVI. India, 328
XXVII. Forgery, 334
XXVIII. Uncle Billy, 340
XXIX. Failing Health, 344
XXX. An Original, 351
XXXI. Magnanimity, 358
XXXII. Restitution, 361
XXXIII. Immortality, 371
XXXIV. Take up the Burthen of Life again, 382
XXXV. To Wed the Earliest Loved, 388

INDIA:

THE

PEARL OF PEARL RIVER.