Addie's Husband; or, Through clouds to sunshineGordon Smythies, Mrs.
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Addie's Husband; or, Through clouds to sunshine
Gordon Smythies, Mrs.
Dime novels; England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction; Husband and wife -- Fiction
237 Repented at Leisure. By the
author of "Dora Thorne" 15
238 Pascarel. By "Ouida" 20
239 Signa. By "Ouida" 20
240 Called Back. By Hugh Conway 10
241 The Baby's Grandmother. By
L. B. Walford 10
242 The Two Orphans. By D'Ennery 10
243 Tom Burke of "Ours." First
half. By Charles Lever 20
243 Tom Burke of "Ours." Second
half. By Charles Lever 20
244 A Great Mistake. By the author
of "His Wedded Wife" 20
245 Miss Tommy, and In a House-Boat.
By Miss Mulock 10
246 A Fatal Dower. By the author
of "His Wedded Wife" 10
247 The Armourer's Prentices. By
Charlotte M. Yonge 10
248 The House on the Marsh. F.
Warden 10
249 "Prince Charlie's Daughter."
By author of "Dora Thorne" 10
250 Sunshine and Roses; or, Diana's
Discipline. By the author
of "Dora Thorne" 10
251 The Daughter of the Stars, and
Other Tales. By Hugh Conway,
author of "Called Back" 10
252 A Sinless Secret. By "Rita" 10
253 The Amazon. By Carl Vosmaer 10
254 The Wife's Secret, and Fair but
False. By the author of
"Dora Thorne" 10
[CONTINUED ON THIRD PAGE OF COVER.]
ADDIE'S HUSBAND;
OR,
THROUGH CLOUDS TO SUNSHINE.
By the author of "Love or Lands?"
NEW YORK:
GEORGE MUNRO, PUBLISHER,
17 TO 27 VANDEWATER STREET.
ADDIE'S HUSBAND.
CHAPTER I.
"'Soldier, sailor, tinker, tailor, policeman, plowboy, gentleman--'
Adelaide Lefroy, lift your lovely head, my dear; you're to marry a
gentleman."
Miss Adelaide, who is absorbed in the enjoyment of a ruddy ribstone
pippin, turns her blooming freckled face to the speaker, and answers
pleasantly, though a little indistinctly--
"I'm to marry a gentleman, brother Hal? Well, I guess I've no
particular objection! Whenever he comes, he will find me ready to
do him homage, and no mistake! Can't you tell me more about him? 'A
gentleman' is rather vague. Is he to be rich, poor, or something
between? Am I to share his gentility in a Belgravian mansion or a
suburban villa?"
"The oracle does not say. I can't tell you any more, Addie. I've come
nearer the point with the others, though. Pauline is to be a soldier's
bride, Goggles a policeman's!"
"Don't you believe him, Addie!" burst in Goggles, a pale
delicate-looking child of twelve, with large protruding eyes and a
painfully inquiring turn of mind. "He cheated horribly; he ran the
policeman in before the tailor the second time, and left out the
sailor."
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