Chapter I: Front Matter

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Mr. Claghorn's Daughter.

BY HILARY TRENT.

Copyright, 1903, by J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company

All Rights Reserved.

NEW YORK:
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
57 ROSE STREET.

CONTENTS

I. A Philosopher and a Marchioness

II. Two Pagans Discuss Fish, Paris and the Higher Criticism

III. A Cousin in the Coils of the Great Serpent

IV. The Diversions of the Claghorns

V. How a Pagan Philosopher Entered the Service of the Church

VI. Art, Diplomacy, Love and Other Things

VII. A Conference of Spinsters Concerning a Runaway Damsel

VIII. A Maiden Fair, a Modern Early Father and a Theologian

IX. The Advantages of Treading the Borderland of Vice

X. A Youth of Promise, a Female Politician, and a Yellow Man

XI. The Devil Walks To and Fro in Hampton

XII. Her Eyes Grew Limpid and Her Cheeks Flushed Red

XIII. Whereat Cynics and Matrons May Smile Incredulous

XIV. In the White House--A Damsel or the Devil, Which?

XV. Sur le Pont d'Avignon on y Danse, on y Danse

XVI. Warblings in the White House and Snares for a Soul

XVII. The Secret of Her Heart Was Never Told by Her to Him

XVIII. A Lover Writes a Letter

XIX. A Kiss that Might Have Lingered on His Lips While Seeking Entrance at the Gate of Heaven

XX. A Dishonest Veiling of a Woman's Heart

XXI. A Man About to Meet a Maid

XXII. Man Walketh in a Vain Shadow

XXIII. A Parson Treads the Primrose Path in Paris

XXIV. To Him I will be Henceforth True in All Things

XXV. Mrs. Joe on Clerical Bumptiousness and Mrs. Fenton's Shoulders

XXVI. Introduces Dr. Stanley, Satan and the Prayer Meeting of Matrons

XXVII. The Music of the Chorus of the Anguish of the Damned

XXVIII. Cursing and Beating Her Breast, She Falls Upon the Grave

XXIX. Dr. Stanley Discourses Concerning the Diversions of the Saints

XXX. Startling Effect of Dr. Burley's True Meaning

XXXI. He Clasped Her Lithe Body with a Clutch of Fury

XXXII. A Paean of Victory Hymned in Hell

XXXIII. A Delectable Discussion in Which a Shakesperian Matron is Routed

XXXIV. When Manhood is Lost Woman's Time is Come

XXXV. A Bottle of Champagne

XXXVI. She Cried Aloud She Was a Guilty Creature

XXXVII. A Golden Bridge for Passage Across an Abyss of Shame

XXXVIII. The Ruins of Her Air Castles Lay Around Her

XXXIX. Voidable Vows of Turks (and Others)

XL. Her Face Was the Mirror of Her Pleasant Dreams

XLI. Her Guilty Conscience Cried, "Behold Your Handiwork"

XLII. I Will Never Leave Him, So Help Me God!

XLIII. Money, Heaps of Money

XLIV. Wedding Bells