BY

LOIS  WAISBROOKER


FOURTH     EDITION".
BOSTON:
WILLIAM    WHITE    AND    COMPANY,

BANNER    OF    LIGHT    OFFICE,

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NEW-YORK  AGENTS  — THE  AMERICAN  NEWS  COMPANY,
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BNIV.  OF  CALIF.  LIBRARY.  T.OS


Entered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1869,  by

LOIS  WAISBROOKER,
In  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  District  of  Massachusetts.
William  White  &  Co.,  Stereotypers  and  Printers.
DEDICATION.
fpo  my  well-beloved  sister,  Mrs.  SARAH  M.  BEARDSI/ET,  who  went  with
"     the  angels,  from  Crittenden,  Erie  Co.,  N.Y.,  Oct.  8, 1867.
Dear,  patient,  gentle,  loving  sister,  though  gone  from  mortal  sight,  thcu  art

still  with  me,  art  still  one  of  the  brightest  stars  in  love's  firmament.
By  the  memories  of  our  childhood,  when  thou  wort  ever  by  my  side;  by

thy  loving  sympathy  and  appreciation  in  the  trials  of  after  years ;  and  by

our  hopes  of  future  companionship  in  the  world  of  spirits, — I  dedicate  this

book  to  THEE.
THY  SISTER  LOIS


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TO  THE  READER.
reader,    in   presenting   to   you    the    following
^     combination    of    facts    and    fancies,  —  facts   from
the  field  of  my  own  experience  and  that   of  others,  and
fancies  wherewith  to  connect  and  clothe  them, — I  have
tried  to  be  true  to  nature.
How  well  I  have  succeeded,  is  left  for  you  to  judge.
THE  AUTHORESS.
CHAPTER  I.
HOI.
CHILDHOOD     ........«•••  .9

CHAPTER  LL
THE  WOLF  AND  THE  LAMB •••  .IT

CHAPTEI1  ™V
THE  PROPUECT ....    85

•CHAPTER  IV.
COALS  OF  FIRE •«<•«'          •••49

CHAPTER  V.
THE  CLOUD  RISING ....   61

CHAPTER  YL
TELLING  TAXES .      .      .      .   T8

CHAPTER  VTL
A  RIFT  nr  THE  CLOUD     .......  •••87

CHAPTER  VIEL
MIDNIGHT  BLACKNESS ••••..96

CHAPTER  IX.
GOD'S  ELECT ••••..Ill

CHAPTER  X.
DESPAIR  .........  .      ....  123

CHAPTER  XI.
RETRIBUTION .......134

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8  CONTENTS.
