E-text prepared by Steven desJardins and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) JOLLY SALLY PENDLETON Or The Wife who was Not a Wife by LAURA JEAN LIBBEY [Illustration: Jolly Sally Pendleton by Laura Jean Libbey] Hart Series No. 43 Copyright 1897 by George Munro's Sons. Published by The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, O., U. S. A. INDEX CHAPTER PAGE I. BOTH GIRLS WERE SO STUNNINGLY PRETTY, AND WORE 5 SUCH ODD, BEWITCHING COSTUMES ON THEIR TANDEM, THAT THE PEOPLE WHO STOPPED TO WATCH THE BEAUTIES AS THEY WHIRLED BY NICKNAMED THEM "THE HEAVENLY TWINS." II. IT IS ONE THING TO ADMIRE A PRETTY GIRL, QUITE 10 ANOTHER THING TO FALL IN LOVE WITH HER. III. THE TERRIBLE WAGER AT THE GREAT RACE. 13 IV. WHICH WON? 19 V. "SHALL WE BREAK THIS BETROTHAL, THAT WAS MADE ONLY 23 IN FUN?" VI. THE WAY OF WOMEN THE WHOLE WORLD OVER. 26 VII. BERNARDINE. 31 VIII. "OH, I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE COME, DOCTOR!" 36 IX. "WHAT A LONELY LIFE FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG 38 GIRL!" X. WHAT IS LIFE WITHOUT LOVE? 40 XI. A SHADOW DARKENS THE PEACEFUL HOME OF THE 45 BASKET-MAKER. XII. "YOU ARE FALSE AS YOU ARE FAIR, BERNARDINE!" 48 XIII. HE WISHED HE COULD TELL SOME ONE HIS UNFORTUNATE 52 LOVE STORY. XIV. "HAVE I BROKEN YOUR HEART, MY DARLING?" 58 XV. "I LOVE YOU! I CAN NOT KEEP THE SECRET ANY 61 LONGER!" XVI. "WHERE THERE IS NO JEALOUSY THERE IS LITTLE LOVE!" 64 XVII. 70 XVIII. FATE WEAVES A STRANGE WEB. 74 XIX. "TRUE LOVE NEVER DOES RUN SMOOTH." 80 XX. "IT WOULD BE WISER TO MAKE A FRIEND THAN AN ENEMY 84 OF ME." XXI. JASPER WILDE MEETS WITH AN ADVENTURE. 87 XXII. 92 XXIII. 95 XXIV. 98 XXV. 102 XXVI. 105 XXVII. 109 XXVIII. 114 XXIX. 117 XXX. 125 XXXI. 130