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[Illustration: “‘She is beautiful!’ he exclaimed.” Page 77.]
A FOOL IN SPOTS
by
HALLIE ERMINIE RIVES.
Illustrated.
Published by
Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co.
St. Louis.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1894, by
Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co.
St. Louis. Mo.,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
All Rights Reserved.
To my dear Mother and Father.
CONTENTS.
Page
CHAPTER I.
TWO ARTISTS 7
CHAPTER II.
DREAMS AND SCHEMES 20
CHAPTER III.
AN HONEST MAN’S HONEST LOVE 31
CHAPTER IV.
IN THE SOCIAL REALM 37
CHAPTER V.
THE IMAGE OF BEAUTIFUL SIN 44
CHAPTER VI.
WHITE ROSES 52
CHAPTER VII.
THE CALL OF A SOUL 57
CHAPTER VIII.
LIFE’S NIGHT WATCH 62
CHAPTER IX.
A KENTUCKY STOCK FARM 68
CHAPTER X.
THE BIRTH MARK 75
CHAPTER XI.
HEARTS LAID BARE 87
CHAPTER XII.
SUNLIGHT 97
CHAPTER XIII.
THE PICTURESQUE SPORT 103
CHAPTER XIV.
WEDDED 108
CHAPTER XV.
CHLORAL 113
CHAPTER XVI.
A BOLD INTRUDER 120
CHAPTER XVII.
AN ERRAND OF MYSTERY 130
CHAPTER XVIII.
A TIMELY WARNING 140
CHAPTER XIX.
A PLAINT OF PAIN 146
CHAPTER XX.
A CROP OF KISSES 151
CHAPTER XXI.
A HOPE OF CHANGE 156
CHAPTER XXII.
THE HOME IN THE SOUTH 160
CHAPTER XXIII.
A STRANGE DEPARTURE 172
CHAPTER XXIV.
OF THE WORLD, UNWORLDLY 183
CHAPTER XXV.
TEMPTED 193
CHAPTER XXVI.
LOST FAITH 197
CHAPTER XXVII.
THE CUP OF WRATH AND TREMBLING 203
CHAPTER XXVIII.
A DROP OF POISON 207
CHAPTER XXIX.
ROBERT’S TRIUMPH 211
CHAPTER XXX.
SHADOWING HER 216
CHAPTER XXXI.
GONE 219
CHAPTER XXXII.
STORMING THE LION’S DEN 222
CONCLUSION 232
A FOOL IN SPOTS.
CHAPTER I.
TWO ARTISTS.
They were seated tete-a-tete at a dinner table.
“Tell me why you have never married, Milburn,” and the steel eyes in
Willard Frost’s face searched through his glasses.
Robert Milburn’s answer was a shrug, and a long cloud of smoke blown
back at the glowing end of his cigar.
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