HOPE MILLS;
OR,
BETWEEN FRIEND AND SWEETHEART.
BY
AMANDA M. DOUGLAS,
Author of "From Hand to Mouth," "Nelly Kinnard's Kingdom,"
"In Trust," &c., &c.
"In Trust," &c., &c.
"Abou spake more low,
But cheerly still; and said, 'I pray thee, then,
Write me as one that loves his fellow-men.'"
But cheerly still; and said, 'I pray thee, then,
Write me as one that loves his fellow-men.'"
Leigh Hunt.
BOSTON:
LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS.
NEW YORK:
CHARLES T. DILLINGHAM.
LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS.
NEW YORK:
CHARLES T. DILLINGHAM.
THE DOUGLAS NOVELS.
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| OSBORNE OF ARROCHAR. |
| A MODERN ADAM AND EVE IN A GARDEN. |
| THE FORTUNES OF THE FARADAYS. |
| FOES OF HER HOUSEHOLD. |
| A WOMAN'S INHERITANCE. |
| CLAUDIA. |
| FLOYD GRANDON'S HONOR. |
| FROM HAND TO MOUTH. |
| HOME NOOK. |
| HOPE MILLS. |
| IN TRUST. |
| LOST IN A GREAT CITY. |
| NELLIE KINNARD'S KINGDOM. |
| OUT OF THE WRECK. |
| SEVEN DAUGHTERS. |
| STEPHEN DANE. |
| SYDNIE ADRIANCE. |
| THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE. |
| WHOM KATHIE MARRIED. |
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LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS,
BOSTON.
Copyright, 1879,
By LEE AND SHEPARD.
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All rights reserved.
TO
Hon. Marcus L. Ward,
As a Tribute
TO ONE WHO HAS HELD LOYALLY TO GOD AND HIS FELLOW-MEN,
WHO HAS LABORED IN THE NOBLE CAUSE OF HUMANITY,
NOT DISHEARTENED WHEN RESULTS WERE INFREQUENT,
BUT CONTENT TO REAP THE REWARD
IN THE GREAT HEREAFTER.
Hon. Marcus L. Ward,
As a Tribute
TO ONE WHO HAS HELD LOYALLY TO GOD AND HIS FELLOW-MEN,
WHO HAS LABORED IN THE NOBLE CAUSE OF HUMANITY,
NOT DISHEARTENED WHEN RESULTS WERE INFREQUENT,
BUT CONTENT TO REAP THE REWARD
IN THE GREAT HEREAFTER.
BETWEEN FRIEND AND SWEETHEART.
CHAPTER I.
"There is Fred again with his arm around JackDarcy's neck. I declare, they are worse than two romanticschoolgirls. I am so thankful Fred goes awayto-morrow for a year! and I do hope by that time hewill have outgrown that wretched, commonplace youth.Mother, it is very fortunate that Jack is the sole scionof the Darcy line; for, if there were a daughter, you wouldno doubt be called upon to receive her into the bosom
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