Category Novel

Chapter 31 THE CRUEL TRUTH by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER That afternoon the sun came out as bright and warm as in April, and tempted Daisie and Annette to go out for a spin on their bicycles. “And let us call…

Chapter 30 REMORSE AND REPENTANCE by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER It is quite safe to say that Annette’s slumbers after the ball were not very peaceful. The startling events of the evening banished repose. For one thing, she had instantly recognized…

Chapter 29 FOR DAISIE’S SAKE by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER It was no wonder that Annette cried out in alarm, for a most startling change had come over the handsome face of Lord Werter. His splendid dark eyes fairly blazed with…

Chapter 27 TO REMEMBER A LITTLE WHILE by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Mrs. Hill-Dixon, the famous society leader of New York, was so proud of her titled cousin, Lord Werter, that she fastened him by metaphorical chains to her triumphal car,…

Chapter 26 EXPIATION by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER The scene shifts from the quiet country under the low-hung October skies to New York, in the following March, when the crisp snow covered the ground, sparkling like jewels under the pallid electric…

Chapter 25 MORE CRUEL THAN DEATH by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Dallas Bain was shocked into momentary silence by the revelation just made to him. He had not thought of connecting Ray Dering with the attempted murder of Sherwood until this…

Chapter 24 COALS OF FIRE by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Ray Dering was gazing moodily out at the October woods changing to red and gold beneath the autumn sky, and, with a violent start, he looked at his friend, exclaiming: “Why…

Chapter 23 MISERY LOVES COMPANY by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Though Letty Green conspicuously boarded the same train that he took, she was very careful not to occupy the same car, lest he should see her and have his suspicions aroused.…

Chapter 22 THE DIE WAS CAST by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Poor Daisie Bell! Everything and everybody seemed to be against her, and the old doctor’s specious reasoning appealed to her pride, if not her heart. What was any proud, sensitive…

Chapter 21 SHE LONGED FOR DEATH by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Daisie Bell followed the kindly old physician back to the little room where they had spoken together a while ago, her heart throbbing wildly, her eyes gleaming brightly, her color…

Chapter 20 HIS CONFESSION by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER “May I speak to you alone a few minutes, Doctor Burns?” murmured Daisie, following the physician out from breakfast the next morning. “Certainly, Mrs. Sherwood,” he returned deferentially; but she turned back…

Chapter 19 STRANGE EMOTION by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER It was the little, dark-eyed beauty, Annette Janowitz, who had been listening by the door for some minutes, and now, unable to restrain her excitement, rushed to Daisie’s side with a passionate…

Chapter 18 BE KIND TO ME by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Half dazed with horror, Daisie followed Mrs. Fleming over the threshold into the darkened room, where a grave-faced physician watched by the bedside of the dying man. She saw Royall…

Chapter 17 HIS CRUEL RIVAL by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER A cry of angry incredulity came from Daisie’s lips. “It is not true. This is some new plot against me. I will not go!” But just then Mrs. Bell jerked open…

Chapter 17 HIS CRUEL RIVAL by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER A cry of angry incredulity came from Daisie’s lips. “It is not true. This is some new plot against me. I will not go!” But just then Mrs. Bell jerked open…

Chapter 16 FAITHFUL by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Mrs. Fleming, pale with secret wrath and chagrin, sent a venomous look after the retreating forms of Dallas and Daisie, then set herself the task of making everything right with her guests. “It…

Chapter 16 FAITHFUL by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Mrs. Fleming, pale with secret wrath and chagrin, sent a venomous look after the retreating forms of Dallas and Daisie, then set herself the task of making everything right with her guests. “It…

Chapter 15 THE FAULT WAS MINE! by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER A bolt from heaven could not have stricken Daisie Bell more suddenly from her feet than the words Mrs. Fleming had spoken in such venomous triumph. The poor victim tottered,…

Chapter 14 LOVE IS HEAVEN by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Inside the drawing-room, now that the last act of the entertainment was over, all was joyous confusion, people flitting about in merry converse, while over all rose low strains of music,…

Chapter 13 HER OWN AGAIN by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Dallas Bain watched with straining gaze that scene within Mrs. Fleming’s brilliant drawing-room, and his heart was wrung with a pain more bitter than death. The vague belief and hope that…

Chapter 13 HER OWN AGAIN by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Dallas Bain watched with straining gaze that scene within Mrs. Fleming’s brilliant drawing-room, and his heart was wrung with a pain more bitter than death. The vague belief and hope that…

Chapter 12 AN UNBIDDEN GUEST by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Did the strange, mysterious influences ever about and around us, though beyond our ken, bear to Dallas Bain the yearning heart cry of his deserted love? Did they bring him back…

Chapter 11 SHE COULD NEVER FORGET by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Daisie was very busy the next morning packing her trunk, when Aunt Alice came upstairs, bringing Mrs. Fleming’s card. “It’s that pretty little lady from Sea View, Mr. Sherwood’s cousin.…

Chapter 10 DAISIE’S DESPAIR by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Royall Sherwood’s surprise and chagrin were beyond expression when he returned to Gull Beach and learned all that had happened in the two days of his absence. For Daisie, in her desperation,…