Chapter I: Front Matter

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FROM THE GERMAN OF
ADOLPH STRECKFUSS

BY
MRS. A. L. WISTER
TRANSLATOR OF "THE OLD MAMSELLE'S SECRET," "GOLD ELSIE," "ONLY
A GIRL," "A NOBLE NAME," "THE SECOND WIFE,"
"BANNED AND BLESSED," ETC.

PHILADELPHIA
J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.
1884

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Copyright, 1884, by J. B. Lippincott & Co.
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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER

I.--An Exchange

II.--Osternau

III.--The Castle's Lord and Lady

IV.--A Cato In Golden Curls

V.--Dinner And Dessert

VI.--Soliman's Tricks

VII.--The Harvest-field

VIII.--News From Berlin

IX.--A Letter And Its Reply

X.--Content And Peace

XI.--Good Advice

XII.--Bertha von Massenburg

XIII.--A Wise Young Judge

XIV.--Pastor Widman as a Correspondent

XV.--Renewed Confidence

XVI.--Robbed

XVII.--Two Letters Again

XVIII.--A Forced Resolve

XIX.--The Prodigal's Return

XX.--Linau

XXI.--An Accident

XXII.--An Old Acquaintance

XXIII.--Mischief For Idle Hands

XXIV.--Past And Present

XXV.--At Home

XXVI.--A Conspiracy

XXVII.--A Mischievous Coquette

XXVIII.--Clara To The Rescue

XXIX.--Clara Dea Ex Machina

XXX.--Conclusion

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