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NEW EAGLE SERIES No.682
15 CENTS
My Pretty Maid
By
Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
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_STREET & SMITH
PUBLISHERS,
NEW YORK._
MY PRETTY MAID;
OR
LIANE LESTER
BY
MRS. ALEX. MCVEIGH MILLER
AUTHOR OF
"Sweet Violet," "The Pearl and the Ruby," "The Senator's Bride,"
"The Senator's Favorite," "Lillian, My Lillian," and numerous
other excellent romances published exclusively in the
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Copyright, 1898 and 1899
By Norman L. Munro
My Pretty Maid
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MY PRETTY MAID.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. A DESPERATE CHANCE.
CHAPTER II. FATE IS ABOVE US ALL.
CHAPTER III. "MY PRETTY MAID."
CHAPTER IV. SECRET LOVE.
CHAPTER V. ROMA'S LOVERS.
CHAPTER VI. AFTER THE CRIME.
CHAPTER VII. GRANNY'S REVENGE.
CHAPTER VIII. THE BROKEN ENGAGEMENT.
CHAPTER IX. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.
CHAPTER X. ROMA SEEKS A NEW MAID.
CHAPTER XI. THE BEAUTY SHOW.
CHAPTER XII. "THE QUEEN ROSE."
CHAPTER XIII. EDMUND CLARKE'S SUSPICION.
CHAPTER XIV. ROMA FINDS AN ALLY.
CHAPTER XV. "A DYING MOTHER."
CHAPTER XVI. A LOVE LETTER.
CHAPTER XVII. A CRUEL FORGERY.
CHAPTER XVIII. LIANE'S FLEETING LOVE DREAM.
CHAPTER XIX. WHAT DOLLY TOLD.
CHAPTER XX. "AS ONE ADMIRES A STATUE."
CHAPTER XXI. A HARVEST OF WOE.
CHAPTER XXII. AT A FIEND'S MERCY.
CHAPTER XXIII. A MURDEROUS FURY.
CHAPTER XXIV. A STRAND OF RUDDY HAIR.
CHAPTER XXV. A TRUE FRIEND.
CHAPTER XXVI. TREMBLING HOPES.
CHAPTER XXVII. WHEN HAPPINESS SEEMED NEAR!
CHAPTER XXVIII. A SWORD THRUST IN HIS HEART.
CHAPTER XXIX. THE BRIDAL.
CHAPTER XXX. BEFORE THE DAWN.
CHAPTER XXXI. WHEN THE CLOUDS ROLLED BY.
CHAPTER I.
A DESPERATE CHANCE.
"How fast the river flows! How it roars in my ears and drowns the sound
of your voice, my dearest! It is bearing me away! Oh, save me! save me!"
The river was the stream of Death, and the lone voyager floating out on
its rushing tide was a loved and loving young wife.