Chapter I: Front Matter

Papa’s Own Girl;
A NOVEL.

BY MARIE HOWLAND.

——“Wisdom is humanity;
And they who want it, wise as they may seem,
And confident in their own sight and strength,
Reach not the scope they aim at.”
—W. S. LANDOR.

NEW YORK:
PUBLISHED BY JOHN P. JEWETT,
No. 27 CLINTON PLACE.
BOSTON: LEE & SHEPARD.
1874.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by
MARIE HOWLAND,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
[All rights reserved.]

Electrotyped and printed by
THE EXCELSIOR PRINTING COMPANY,
81, 83, & 85 Centre St., N. Y.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I.— AN OLD LETTER 5
II.— THE SKELETON IN THE GARRET 11
III.— DR. FOREST AT HOME 17
IV.— ONE OF DR. FOREST’S PATIENTS 25
V.— THE TATTOOING 37
VI.— CLARA AT STONYBROOK COLLEGE 45
VII.— DAN’S BUSINESS OPERATIONS 54
VIII.— PHILOSOPHY VANQUISHED 64
IX.— THE LION’S DEN 73
X.— CLARA’S RETURN.—THE DRAMA IN THE DOCTOR’S STUDY 83
XI.— FAITH AND WORKS 98
XII.— CLARA DECIDES BETWEEN RELIGION AND PRINCIPLE 112
XIII.— PAPA’S OWN GIRL 122
XIV.— DAN’S MONEY RETURNED.—THE DOCTOR CONQUERED 132
XV.— THE DOCTOR’S LETTER.—DAN REJECTED 144
XVI.— THE VISIT OF THE DELANOS 152
XVII.— COSTLY GRAPES 165
XVIII.— HOW DAN GOT MARRIED 175
XIX.— THE BABY.—LOVERS’ ADIEUX 187
XX.— CLARA’S WEDDING 199
XXI.— THE NUCLEUS OF THE FLOWER BUSINESS 208
XXII.— THE FIRST CLOUD 220
XXIII.— THE INVITATION TO THE WHITE MOUNTAINS 236
XXIV.— A SPASMODIC MOVEMENT OF LOVE 244
XXV.— LETTERS.—A CONVERSATION 253
XXVI.— THE CRISIS 266
XXVII.— THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE 278
XXVIII.— THE EFFECT OF DR. DELANO’S FORGIVENESS 291
XXIX.— THE COUNT VON FRAUENSTEIN 301
XXX.— OUT OF THE JAWS OF DEATH 314
XXXI.— INTO A BETTER WORLD 330
XXXII.— THE DISTINGUISHED VISITOR 343
XXXIII.— LEGITIMATE, OR ILLEGITIMATE 360
XXXIV.— THE SLAVE OF THE LAMP 375
XXXV.— THE SLAVE OF THE LAMP OBEYS 387
XXXVI.— THE COUNT’S SPEECH TO HIS WORKMEN 405
XXXVII.— POETIC RETRIBUTION.—GROG-SELLERS INTERVIEWED BY WOMEN 425
XXXVIII.— PROGRESS OF THE WORK 441
XXXIX.— AN HONEST WOMAN 459
XL.— UNDER THE ORANGE-BLOSSOMS 473
XLI.— AFTER THE ORANGE-BLOSSOMS 492
XLII.— A VISIT TO THE SOCIAL PALACE 507
XLIII.— THE INAUGURATION OF THE SOCIAL PALACE 523
XLIV.— THE BIRTH OF THE HEIR 538

PAPA’S OWN GIRL.