NINA’S PERIL. A Novel. BY MRS. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER. [Illustration] NEW YORK: Copyright, 1886. _G. W. Dillingham, Publisher_, SUCCESSOR TO G. W. CARLETON & CO. LONDON: S. LOW, SON & CO. MDCCCLXXXVII Stereotyped by SAMUEL STODDER, 42 DEY STREET, N. Y. DEDICATION. TO ALEXANDER McVEIGH MILLER, AS A SOUVENIR OF REGARD, AND IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE WARM SYMPATHY AND WISE COUNSELS THAT HAVE AIDED AND ENCOURAGED ME IN MY LITERARY EFFORTS. YOUR WIFE. _October, 1886._ CONTENTS. Chapter Page I. A beautiful face 7 II. Waiting and Hoping 12 III. Sketching the Past 16 IV. Coming Home 22 V. “Nothing can undo the Folly of Five years Ago.” 28 VI. “Can this really be Nina?” 39 VII. Pride 49 VIII. “I have Sworn an Oath and I shall have to keep it.” 53 IX. Jealousy 59 X. “I will never forgive her.” 66 XI. The Shadows Fall 70 XII. An Interview Declined 76 XIII. Nina’s Sacrifice 80 XIV. A Maddened Lover 89 XV. The Tragedy 95 XVI. The Flight of Nina 101 XVII. Sibyl’s Accusation 108 XVIII. Rescued 114 XIX. With Friends 118 XX. The Fieldings 122 XXI. “Mad from Life’s History.” 128 XXII. Remorse 132 XXIII. Compagnons du Voyage 138 XXIV. “She is Dead to All.” 142 XXV. Poverty 148 XXVI. I must have Money 152 XXVII. Back to Selwyn Heights 158 XXVIII. Entrapped 162 XXIX. Nina learns the truth 166 XXX. A Ghostly Laugh 174 XXXI. The Arrest of Nina 185 XXXII. Talbot’s Suspicions 193 XXXIII. Talbot’s Dreams 201 XXXIV. The Prison 205 XXXV.