VIOLA’S VANITY; OR A BITTER EXPIATION By MRS. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER HART SERIES NO. 67 COPYRIGHT 1897 BY GEORGE MUNRO’S SONS Published by THE ARTHUR WESTBROOK COMPANY, Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A. INDEX CHAPTER PAGE I “Lightly Won is Lightly Lost.” 3 II “Sweetheart, Name the Day for Me.” 11 III The Moth and the Star 17 IV “And Thou Wert Gay,-- 22 V The Mysterious Stranger 27 VI Viola’s Repentance 34 VII ’Twixt Love and Hate 42 VIII Heart Struggles 47 IX “A Man’s Heart is not Simply a Toy!” 50 X Their Meeting 58 XI Turning Over a New Leaf 62 XII Hidden Grief 67 XIII A Sweet Confession 72 XIV Several Secrets 75 XV Queen of Song and Love and Beauty 82 XVI The Bridal-Eve 90 XVII Viola’s Waterloo 98 XVIII “I Drove Poor Viola to Her Death.” 104 XIX A Coup D’État. 112 XX “Was ever Maiden in This Humor Wooed?” 117 XXI The Bride’s Home-Coming 122 XXII “Go Back to your Haughty Bride.” 127 XXIII Playing her Part 133 XXIV The Letter that came too Late 138 XXV “Had you Only Waited ’Till This Morning.” 143 XXVI Only a Month 153 XXVII Viola’s New Role 158 XXVIII Viola’s Vindication 164 XXIX Alienation 170 XXX Rivals Still 176 XXXI “Could Ye Come Back to Me, Douglas!” 182 XXXII The Portrait 187 XXXIII “Whom First We Love, We Seldom Wed.” 193 XXXIV In Her Toils Again 200 XXXV “It was Pique, not Love.” 205 XXXVI Startling News 212 XXXVII Bon Voyage 215 XXXVIII “As Flies the Dove to seek its Mate.” 221 XXXIX Hope Deferred maketh the Heart Sick 224 XL “Cuba Libre” 229