The Strength of Love Status: Completed Type: Love, Fantasy Author: Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Original Publication: New York: Street & Smith, 1896. Series Title: New eagle series ; no. 739 Native Language: English Posted by: studyfirm Summary of The Strength of Love When Dallas Bain…
by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER 10,000,000 Copies Sold In “The Strength of Love” by Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller, readers are invited into a world where the indomitable force of love takes center stage. With a skilled hand, Miller crafts a heartwarming…
Chapter 38 LOVE IS LORD OF ALL by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Two years, and the grass was green on Royall Sherwood’s grave. Many times had a beautiful form, robed in somber black, knelt by that low, green mound; many times…
Chapter 37 FOR ROYALL’S SAKE by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER She was better, sweet Daisie—with care and good nursing her life would be preserved to her friends. But that obdurate nurse, so clever and opinionated, would not permit Royall Sherwood to…
Chapter 36 THE STRENGTH OF LOVE by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER The anxious days came and went until Daisie had been ill almost two weeks, with scarcely a conscious moment; but still no word went to Royall Sherwood of her illness,…
Chapter 35 GOD HELP US by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER The sky was as blue as summer, the air was soft and bland, and the little, laughing wavelets at Gull Beach, rippled by the April breeze, rolled softly in upon the…
Chapter 34 UNMASKED by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Reed Raymond followed the departing guests to the door, anxious for a private word with his friend Lord Werter; and then Mrs. Fleming exclaimed jauntily: “Well, I must be going, too. Good-by, all!”…
Chapter 33 LOVE THAT WOULD LAST by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER A very interesting party were grouped in Royall Sherwood’s drawing-room. First, there was the host, who had insisted on being wheeled into the room when he learned of Lord Werter’s…
Chapter 32 THE SPIDER’S WEB by Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER Mrs. Fleming was not looking straight at Annette when she asked her question, or she would have seen a deep crimson mount to the young girl’s brow as she answered evasively:…
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…