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Bertha’s Engagement

Bertha’s Engagement

by Ann S. Stephens

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Author
Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886
Title
Bertha's engagement
Original Publication
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 1875.
Credits
Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Romance fiction
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 78552
Release Date
April 26, 2026
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.BERTHA’S ENGAGEMENT.
  2. 2.CONTENTS. — CHAPTER I. THE OLD WOODEN BRIDGE.
  3. 3.CHAPTER II. GRATITUDE.
  4. 4.CHAPTER III. AFTER THE STORM.
  5. 5.CHAPTER IV. THE COUNTRY TAVERN.
  6. 6.CHAPTER V. THE DANGEROUS CONFIDANT.
  7. 7.CHAPTER VI. BACK TO HER WORK.
  8. 8.CHAPTER VII. THE MAN OF DESTINY.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VIII. A BITTER CONTEST.
  10. 10.CHAPTER IX. BEYOND ENDURANCE.
  11. 11.CHAPTER X. LOATHING HER VICTORY.
  12. 12.CHAPTER XI. THE BIRD AND THE SERPENT.
  13. 13.CHAPTER XII. THE STAGE-COACH.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XIII. THE LETTER WRITTEN.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XIV. THE SUDDEN ENLIGHTENMENT.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XV. LYDIA AND BEN.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XVI. LOVE.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XVII. BURYING BEN.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVIII. WALDON.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XIX. WHY DON’T HE COME?
  21. 21.CHAPTER XX. PARTING ON THE WHARF.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XXI. THE FIRST LETTER.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XXII. AFTER-SUPPER CONVERSATION.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXIII. FAINTING FITS.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXIV. THE FRUIT FESTIVAL.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXV. HUMBLE FRIENDS.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXVI. IN THE CANOE.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXVII. MEETING ON THE PRECIPICE.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVIII. VITAL QUESTIONS.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXIX. STRICKEN DOWN.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXX. GATHERING SCANDAL.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXXI. BERTHA’S FIRST BALL.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXXII. UNDER THE WILLOW.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXXIII. THE PIOUS FRAUD.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXIV. HE TOLD HER THAT HE LOVED HER.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXV. AN OLD WOMAN’S PASSION.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXVI. THE REVELATION.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXVII. SOFTENING INFLUENCES.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVIII. LOVE’S DEFEAT.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIX. WAS SHE DEAD?
  41. 41.CHAPTER XL. CHRISTIAN CHARITY.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XLI. CAST UPON THE WATERS.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XLII. THE OLD LOVE.
  44. 44.CHAPTER XLIII. MIDNIGHT IN MRS. FORBES’ LIBRARY.
  45. 45.CHAPTER XLIV. BURNED LETTERS.
  46. 46.CHAPTER XLV. BERTHA AND FLETCHER.
  47. 47.CHAPTER XLVI. A DOUBLE EXPLANATION.
  48. 48.CHAPTER XLVII. AMONG THE FLOWERS.
  49. 49.CHAPTER XLVIII. GOING AWAY.
  50. 50.CHAPTER XLIX. LYDIA’S FIRST LETTER.
  51. 51.CHAPTER L. THE TOLLING BELL.
  52. 52.CHAPTER LI. THE FIREFLY AND KATYDID.
  53. 53.CHAPTER LII. DOWN BY THE SPRING.
  54. 54.CHAPTER LIII. THE CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.
  55. 55.CHAPTER LIV. THE MOTHER’S STRUGGLE.
  56. 56.CHAPTER LV. DID HE LOVE HER?
  57. 57.CHAPTER LVI. MRS. CANFIELD’S SECRET.
  58. 58.CHAPTER LVII. THE HEART OF STONE.
  59. 59.CHAPTER LVIII. SEARCHING A HEART.
  60. 60.CHAPTER LIX. THE HOUR Of PARTING.
  61. 61.CHAPTER LX. AT THE OLD HOMESTEAD.
  62. 62.CHAPTER LXI. A GLOOMY HOUSEHOLD.
  63. 63.CHAPTER LXII DESPAIRING PRAYERS.
  64. 64.CHAPTER LXIII. THE MOTHER’S LAST SACRIFICE.
  65. 65.CHAPTER LXIV. ALL ALONE WITH DEATH.
  66. 66.CHAPTER LXV. THE NEW LOVE.
  67. 67.CHAPTER LXVI. THE FUNERAL, AND BERTHA’S LETTER.
  68. 68.CHAPTER LXVII. THE ANSWER AT LAST.
  69. 69.CHAPTER LXVIII. MRS. WILSON FORBES HAS A VISITOR.
  70. 70.CHAPTER LXIX. DIAMOND ISLAND.
  71. 71.CHAPTER LXX. BERTHA AND WALDON MEET AGAIN.
  72. 72.CHAPTER LXXI. THE LOST DREAM.
  73. 73.CHAPTER LXXII. A YOUNG GIRL’S CONFIDENCES.
  74. 74.CHAPTER LXXIII. THE STORMY DINNER.
  75. 75.CHAPTER LXXIV. ON THE LOG BRIDGE.
  76. 76.CHAPTER LXXV. JUST A LITTLE APOLOGY.
  77. 77.CHAPTER LXXVI. THE RESCUED LETTER.
  78. 78.CHAPTER LXXVII. THE WEDDING AT WILLOW BEND.
  79. 79.CHAPTER LXXVIII. BERTHA HEARS OF THE CHALLENGE.
  80. 80.CHAPTER LXXIX. OUT IN THE STORM.
  81. 81.CHAPTER LXXX. IN THE BRIDAL CHAMBER.
  82. 82.CHAPTER LXXXI. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE DUEL.
  83. 83.CHAPTER LXXXII. USELESS STRUGGLES.
  84. 84.CHAPTER LXXXIII. UPON THE DUELLING GROUND.
  85. 85.CHAPTER LXXXIV. WATER LILIES.
  86. 86.CHAPTER LXXXV. HIMSELF AGAIN.
  87. 87.CHAPTER LXXXVI. THAT LETTER AGAIN.
  88. 88.CHAPTER LXXXVII. ANOTHER BLOW.
  89. 89.CHAPTER LXXXVIII. THE TORN NEWSPAPER.
  90. 90.CHAPTER LXXXIX. THE EMPTY PISTOL-CASE.
  91. 91.CHAPTER XC. THE SERVANTS’ FESTIVAL.
  92. 92.CHAPTER XCI. THE LETTER.
  93. 93.CHAPTER XCII. THREE WEDDINGS.

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