Thorns of regret; or, His brother's wife

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Author

Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs., 1850-1937

Title

Thorns of regret : or, His brother's wife

Original Publication

New York: Street & Smith Corporation, 1899.

Credits

Demian Katz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy of the Digital Library@Villanova University.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Romance fiction

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 79130

Release Date

July 19, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.THORNS OF REGRET
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.THE THORNS OF REGRET.
6. 6.CONTENTS
7. 7.CHAPTER I. ASHES TO ASHES.
8. 8.CHAPTER II. THE READING OF THE WILL.
9. 9.CHAPTER III. FATE.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. A HASTY WOOING.
11. 11.CHAPTER V. “THERE ARE OTHER LIPS!”
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. THE WORST FATE THAT COULD BEFALL.
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. PURE GOLD AND GILDED DROSS.
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. GIVE ME MY RELEASE.
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. “LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION!”
16. 16.CHAPTER X. MAISIE’S FLIGHT FROM HOME.
17. 17.CHAPTER XI. ONLY TO SUFFER AND ENDURE!
18. 18.CHAPTER XII. THE DIE WAS CAST.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII. JOSEPHINE’S LITTLE GAME.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV. WHAT BLISS HAD SHE ONLY LOVED ME.
21. 21.CHAPTER XV. IN THE CLASH OF HOSTILE ARMS.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI. SUCH A TRAGEDY OF WOE.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII. THE ONLY ROMANCE OF HIS LIFE.
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII. A PAINFUL DISAPPOINTMENT.
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX. A SUSPICIOUS LOVER.
26. 26.CHAPTER XX. “FORGIVE THE PAST; I LOVE YOU NOW!”
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI. ONE GLIMPSE—ONE ONLY.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII. BROTHERS AT LAST.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII. THE WEDDING-BELLS.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV. I COULD NOT BE HAPPY WITHOUT LOVE!
31. 31.CHAPTER XXV. A WRETCHED MEETING.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVI. LIKE AN ENVENOMED ARROW.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII. THE MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVIII. THE THORNS OF REGRET.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXIX. TRUE LOVE IS ETERNAL.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXX. THE LIGHTNING BOLT OF JEALOUSY.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXI. “LONG HOPES WEAR OUT JOY.”
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXII. “YOU HAVE GROWN INTO MY HEART.”
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIII. A BREATHING SPELL OF JOY.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIV. THE SUSPENDED SWORD.
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXV. UNMASKED.
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVI. “HAVE YOU NO PITY FOR ME?”
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVII. I KNOW NO COMFORT!
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXVIII. LOOKING BACKWARD.
45. 45.CHAPTER XXXIX. THE SUNSHINE OF A WINTER DAY.
46. 46.CHAPTER XL. “THE POOR HEART SHE BROKE.”
47. 47.Everybody Reads The Street & Smith Novels
48. 48.Transcriber’s Notes:

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