Chapter I: Front Matter

THE CAMERON PRIDE
OR
PURIFIED BY SUFFERING
A Novel

BY
MRS. MARY J. HOLMES

AUTHOR OF “TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE,” “HUGH WORTHINGTON,” “LENA RIVERS,”
ETC., ETC.

NEW YORK
HURST & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

MARY J. HOLMES SERIES

UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME

By MARY J. HOLMES

Aikenside.
Bad Hugh.
Cousin Maude.
Darkness and Daylight.
Dora Deane.
Edith Lyle’s Secret.
English Orphans, The.
Ethelyn’s Mistake.
Family Pride.
Homestead on the Hillside, The.
Hugh Worthington.
Leighton Homestead, The.
Lena Rivers.
Maggie Miller.
Marion Grey.
Meadow Brook.
Mildred; or, The Child of Adoption.
Millbank; or, Roger Irving’s Ward.
Miss McDonald.
Rector of St. Marks, The.
Rosamond.
Rose Mather.
Tempest and Sunshine.

_Price, postpaid, 50c. each, or any three books for $1.25_

HURST & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK

TO

MY BROTHER,

Kirke Hawes,

IN MEMORY OF THE OCTOBER DAY WHEN WE RAMBLED OVER THE

SILVERTON HILLS,

WHERE MORRIS AND KITTY LIVED,

THIS VOLUME

IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.

_Brown Cottage, February 22, 1867._

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Farm-house at Silverton 7
II. Linwood 19
III. Wilford Cameron 26
IV. Preparing for the Visit 35
V. Wilford’s Visit 41
VI. In the Spring 51
VII. Wilford’s Second Visit 58
VIII. Getting Ready to be Married 68
IX. Before the Marriage 79
X. Marriage at St. John’s 85
XI. After the Marriage 89
XII. First Months of Married Life 99
XIII. Katy’s First Evening in New York 109
XIV. Extracts from Bell Cameron’s Diary 121
XV. Toning Down—Bell’s Diary Continued 124
XVI. Katy 130
XVII. The New House 135
XVIII. Marian Hazelton 144
XIX. Saratoga and Newport 151
XX. Mark Ray at Silverton 156
XXI. A New Life 169
XXII. Helen in Society 183
XXIII. Baby’s Name 193
XXIV. Trouble in the Household 198
XXV. Aunt Betsy goes on a Journey 211
XXVI. Aunt Betsy Consults a Lawyer 226
XXVII. The Dinner Party 234
XXVIII. The Seventh Regiment 241
XXIX. Katy goes to Silverton 247
XXX. Little Genevra 259
XXXI. After the Funeral 269
XXXII. The First Wife 274
XXXIII. What the Page Disclosed 281
XXXIV. The Effect 290
XXXV. The Interview 292
XXXVI. The Fever and its Results 302
XXXVII. The Confession 308
XXXVIII. Domestic Troubles 316
XXXIX. What Followed 327
XL. Mark and Helen 331
XLI. Christmas Eve at Silverton 335
XLII. After Christmas Eve 345
XLIII. Georgetown Hospital 349
XLIV. Last Hours 359
XLV. Mourning 366
XLVI. Prisoners of War 368
XLVII. Doctor Grant 372
XLVIII. Katy 385
XLIX. The Prisoners 390
L. The Day of the Wedding 396
LI. The Wedding 404
LII. Conclusion 408

THE CAMERON PRIDE;

OR, PURIFIED BY SUFFERING.