CONTENTS.
CHAPTERPAGEI.Cupid in the Rain5II.One Golden Hour13III.The Sweet Old Story21IV.Breakers Ahead25V.Retrospection29VI.Rebellion34VII.“The Fates Forbid It”40VIII.A Dark Secret45IX.A Bunch of Roses51X.A Feminine Weakness55XI.Cinthia’s Elopement63XII.Outwitted69XIII.Oh, What a Night!74XIV.Parted at the Altar79XV.“An Eternal Farewell!”85XVI.“Oh, What a Time!”90XVII.A Deadly Feud95XVIII.“Remember That I Loved You Well”103XIX.A Tragic Past109XX.Love and Loss113XXI.A Quarrel with Fate119XXII.When Years Had Fled127XXIII.“I Can Not Love Again!”137XXIV.“The Pangs That Rend My Heart in Twain!”144XXV.“Like an Angel”147XXVI.’Neath Southern Skies152XXVII.“Where the Clematis Boughs Intwine”156XXVIII.Only Friends161XXIX.A Secret Sorrow169XXX.Mysteries172XXXI.Most Bitterly Bereaved176XXXII.“A Cold Gray Life”181XXXIII.Puppets of Fate187XXXIV.“The Weight of Cruel Years Piled Into One Long Agony”192XXXV.Cinthia’s Betrothal197XXXVI.An Obstinate Woman201XXXVII.Beyond Forgiveness208XXXVIII.Her Side of the Story214XXXIX.A Mortal Wound219XL.A Late Repentance224XLI.“The Greed of Gold”230XLII.In the Sunshine235