Kidnapped at the Altar

About this eBook

Author

Libbey, Laura Jean, 1862-1924

Title

Kidnapped at the Altar; Or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain

Credits

E-text prepared by Annie McGuire

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Dime novels

Category

Text

eBook-No.

30980

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30980

Release Date

January 15, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.LAURA JEAN LIBBEY'S NEW $10,000 STORY — KIDNAPPED AT THE ALTAR — OR
2. 2.The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain
3. 3.MISS LAURA JEAN LIBBEY — THE ARTHUR WESTBROOK COMPANY — CLEVELAND, OHIO, U.S.A.
4. 4.CONTENTS — Kidnapped at The Altar
5. 5.The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain
6. 6.Chapter I . — SOME YOUNG GIRLS FIND LOVE SO SWEET; TO OTHERS IT PROVES A CURSE.
7. 7.Chapter II . — FATE IS AGAINST SOME PEOPLE, FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE.
8. 8.Chapter III . — "WHEN THOSE WE LOVE DRIFT AWAY FROM US THEY ARE NEVER THE SAME AGAIN— THEY NEVER COME BACK."
9. 9.Chapter IV . — "THE GIRL WHO PLAYS AT FLIRTATION MAY FIND SHE HAS GRASPED A TWO-EDGED SWORD," SAID THE HANDSOME YOUNG CAPTAIN, LOOKING FULL IN GERELDA'S BEWITCHING, HAUGHTY FACE.
10. 10.Chapter V . — THE MYSTERIOUS HOUSE ON LONELY WAU-WINET ISLAND.
11. 11.Chapter VI . — THE SWEET AND TENDER LETTERS THAT SUDDENLY CEASED TO COME.
12. 12.Chapter VII . — EVERY YOUNG GIRL WOULD LIKE A LOVER. AND WHY NOT? FOR LOVE IS THE GRANDEST GIFT THE GODS CAN GIVE.
13. 13.Chapter VIII . — A MOTHER'S DESPERATE SCHEME.
14. 14.Chapter IX . — GERELDA'S ESCAPE FROM WAU-WINET ISLAND.
15. 15.Chapter X . — LIFE WITHOUT LOVE IS LIKE A ROSE WITHOUT PERFUME.
16. 16.Chapter XI . — GERELDA COULD HAVE SAVED HER.
17. 17.Chapter XII . — OUT IN THE COLD, BLEAK WORLD!
18. 18.Chapter XIII . — "I LOVE JESSIE BAIN WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL!"
19. 19.Chapter XIV . — "DO NOT LEAVE ME, FOR YOU ARE THE DELIGHT AND SUNSHINE OF MY LONELY LIFE!"
20. 20.Chapter XV . — "HUBERT CARES FOR ME NO LONGER," SOBBED THE GIRL.
21. 21.Chapter XVI . — WHAT OUGHT A GIRL DO IF THE MAN SHE LOVES CARES FOR ANOTHER? — " A Romance in Real Life.—The Prettiest Girl in the City and a Well-known Young Millionaire the Hero and Heroine of the Episode ."
22. 22.Chapter XVII . — LOVE IS BITTER AND THE WHOLE WORLD GOES WRONG WHEN TWO LOVERS PART IN ANGER FOREVER. — " A Notable Marriage in High Life—Mr. Hubert Varrick and Miss Northrup Wedded At Last ."
23. 23.Chapter XVIII . — WEDDING BELLS OUT OF TUNE.
24. 24.Chapter XIX . — THE COLLISION—THE PILOT AT THE WHEEL.
25. 25.Chapter XX . — LOVE IS A POISONED ARROW IN SOME HEARTS.
26. 26.Chapter XXI . — IT IS SO HARD FOR A YOUNG GIRL TO FACE THE WORLD ALONE.
27. 27.Chapter XXII . — "PRAY, PERMIT ME TO ESCORT YOU HOME," SAID THE HANDSOME STRANGER, STEPPING TO JESSIE'S SIDE AND RAISING HIS HAT WITH A PROFOUND BOW.
28. 28.Chapter XXIII . — JESSIE BAIN ENTERS THE HOUSE OF SECRETS.
29. 29.Chapter XXIV . — "OH, TO SLEEP MY LIFE AWAY, AND BE WITH THEE AT REST!"
30. 30.Chapter XXV . — "AH! IF I BUT KNEW WHERE MY TRUE LOVE IS!"
31. 31.Chapter XXVI . — HUBERT VARRICK RESCUES JESSIE BAIN.
32. 32.Chapter XXVII . — "I WOULD RATHER WALK BY YOUR SIDE IN TROUBLE THAN SIT ON A THRONE BY THE MIGHTIEST KING."
33. 33.Chapter XXVIII . — A MOTHER'S PLEA.
34. 34.Chapter XXIX . — RETURNING GOOD FOR EVIL.
35. 35.Chapter XXX . — A TERRIBLE REVELATION.
36. 36.Chapter XXXI . — THE MIDNIGHT VISITOR.
37. 37.Chapter XXXII . — CAPTAIN FRAZIER PLOTS AGAIN.
38. 38.Chapter XXXIII . — IN THE TOILS.
39. 39.BOUND BOOKS — Issued ONLY by — THE ARTHUR WESTBROOK COMPANY — THE ARTHUR WESTBROOK COMPANY, — Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. — GUY BOOTHBY — H. RIDER HAGGARD — LOUIS TRACY — FRED M. WHITE — J. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM — MAX PEMBERTON — F. DU BOISGOBEY — LAURA JEAN LIBBEY — MARIE CORELLI — CHARLES GARVICE — AUGUSTA EVANS — MRS. SOUTHWORTH — CHARLOTTE M. BRAEME

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