Published Semi-Monthly 128 Pages.] [Complete. BEADLE’S [Illustration: DIME NOVELS No. 3.] The Choicest Works of the Most Popular Authors. MYRA THE CHILD OF ADOPTION. BY MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS. New York: IRWIN P. BEADLE & CO., 141 WILLIAM ST. Ross & Tousey, General Agents. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1860, by IRWIN P. BEADLE & CO., in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. BEADLE’S DIME NOVELS, No. 9. [Illustration: THE SLAVE SCULPTOR; OR, THE PROPHETESS OF THE SECRET CHAMBERS. ] [Illustration: MYRA MEETING HER MOTHER.] MYRA: THE CHILD OF ADOPTION. A ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE. BY MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS. NEW YORK: IRWIN P. BEADLE AND COMPANY, 141 WILLIAM ST., CORNER OF FULTON. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1860, by IRWIN P. BEADLE & CO., In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. PUDNEY & RUSSELL, Printers, _79 John Street, N. Y._ MYRA, THE CHILD OF ADOPTION. CHAPTER I. MOTHER AND CHILD. “One look upon thy face ere thou depart! My daughter! it is soon to let thee go! My daughter! with thy birth has gushed a spring I knew not of—filling my heart with tears, And turning with strange tenderness to thee— A love, O God! it seems so—that must flow Far as thou fleest, and wrap my soul and thee. Henceforth thy love must be a yearning charm Drawing me after thee. And so farewell!”—WILLIS.