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The Mystery of Suicide Place

The Mystery of Suicide Place

by Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller

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Author
Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs., 1850-1937
Credits
Produced by Demian Katz, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University ( digital.library.villanova.edu/))
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Mystery fiction
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 60451
Release Date
October 7, 2019
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE MYSTERY of SUICIDE PLACE
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.CHAPTER I. “IF ONLY——”
  4. 4.CHAPTER II. “HEIRESS OF FATE.”
  5. 5.CHAPTER III. A DASTARDLY PLOT.
  6. 6.CHAPTER IV. WHY DID SHE DO IT?
  7. 7.CHAPTER V. THE REASON WHY.
  8. 8.CHAPTER VI. A DREAM OF ROSES.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VII. AT THE DREAD HOUR OF MIDNIGHT.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VIII. “FROM THAT SPOT BY HORROR HAUNTED.”
  11. 11.CHAPTER IX. “OH! THOSE HAPPY MOMENTS SPENT TOGETHER!”
  12. 12.CHAPTER X. “SLEEPING, I DREAMED, LOVE!”
  13. 13.CHAPTER XI. PLIGHTED.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XII. “WHEN I AM MARRIED!” CRIED FLOY.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XIII. IN THE MESHES OF HER HUNGRY FATE.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIV. THROWN ON THE WORLD.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XV. “AS PROUD AND AS PRETTY AS A PRINCESS.”
  18. 18.CHAPTER XVI. A CRUEL PERSECUTION.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVII. THE FAIR DEAD FACE HE HAD LOVED SO WELL.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVIII. “CUPID.”
  21. 21.CHAPTER XIX. THE BERESFORD PRIDE.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XX. ALVA’S DISAPPOINTMENT.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XXI. “WHERE IS SHE NOW?”
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXII. “OH, MY SON, MY SON!”
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXIII. “YOU WICKED, WICKED GIRL!” CRIED THE MIDNIGHT VISITOR.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXIV. “A ROYAL ROAD TO FORTUNE.”
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXV. HOW THOSE TENDER LETTERS TO ANOTHER MUST HAVE STABBED MAYBELLE’S HEART!
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXVI. “I WILL SELL MY LIFE AND HONOR DEARLY!” CRIED THE MADDENED GIRL.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVII. AT BAY.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVIII. ANOTHER INTRUDER.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXIX. “OH, HOW BLEST I AM!” CRIED FLOY.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXX. “’TIS HOME WHERE’ER THE HEART IS.”
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXXI. NEAR TO DEATH.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXXII. “THE SILENCE OF A BROKEN HEART.”
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXIII. PRIDE BROUGHT LOW.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIV. TOO LATE!
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXV. “HE IS FICKLE AND FALSE—MY LOVER WHOM I TRUSTED SO FONDLY!—HOW CAN I BEAR THIS PAIN AND LIVE?”
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXVI. “NOT TILL LOVE COMES.”
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVII. SEARCHING IN VAIN.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVIII. A BOWER OF ROSES.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXIX. A LITTLE HAND.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XL. A STARTLING REVELATION.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XLI. JOY AND SORROW.
  44. 44.CHAPTER XLII. A YOUNG GIRL’S PRIDE.
  45. 45.CHAPTER XLIII. MAYBELLE WRITES A LETTER.
  46. 46.CHAPTER XLIV. BUT ONE CHANCE IN A HUNDRED.
  47. 47.CHAPTER XLV. “HOPE DEFERRED MAKETH THE HEART SICK.”
  48. 48.CHAPTER XLVI. “THE HOUSE IS HAUNTED.”
  49. 49.CHAPTER XLVII. “LIFE IS SO SAD!” CRIED FLOY.
  50. 50.CHAPTER XLVIII. A STRANGE ROMANCE.
  51. 51.CHAPTER XLIX. “SOMETHING TERRIBLE!”
  52. 52.CHAPTER L. THE LAST VICTIM.
  53. 53.CHAPTER LI. “JUST ONE KISS!”
  54. 54.CHAPTER LII. ALL THAT FLOY HAD LONGED FOR IN OTHER DAYS WAS HERS NOW.—LUCKY LITTLE MORTAL!
  55. 55.Untitled
  56. 56.Transcriber’s Notes:

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