THE FATAL MARRIAGE; OR, ORVILLE DEVILLE.
BY
MRS. EMMA D. E. N. SOUTHWORTH.
AUTHOR OF “ISHMAEL,” “SELF-RAISED,” “THE MISSING BRIDE,” “A NOBLE LORD,” “RETRIBUTION,” “A BEAUTIFUL FIEND,” “HOW HE WON HER,” “THE CHANGED BRIDES,” “TRIED FOR HER LIFE,” “THE BRIDE’S FATE,” “THE LADY OF THE ISLE,” “CRUEL AS THE GRAVE,” “FALLEN PRIDE,” “THE WIDOW’S SON,” “ALLWORTH ABBEY,” “THE LOST HEIRESS,” “THE FAMILY DOOM,” “THE GYPSY’S PROPHECY,” “THE ARTIST’S LOVE,” “THE HAUNTED HOMESTEAD,” “VICTOR’S TRIUMPH,” “THE CURSE OF CLIFTON,” “THE FATAL SECRET,” “THE FORTUNE SEEKER,” “THE SPECTRE LOVER,” “THE MAIDEN WIDOW,” “THE TWO SISTERS,” “FAIR PLAY,” “THE BRIDAL EVE,” “VIVIA,” “THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS,” “THE LOST HEIR OF LINLITHGOW,” “THE BRIDE OF LLEWELLYN,” “THE PHANTOM WEDDING,” “THE MOTHER-IN-LAW,” “THE DISCARDED DAUGHTER,” “THE DESERTED WIFE,” “THE CHRISTMAS GUEST,” “THE WIFE’S VICTORY,” “LOVE’S LABOR WON,” “THE THREE BEAUTIES,” “INDIA,” ETC.
“_’Tis an old tale, and often told; But did my fate and wish agree, Ne’er had been read in story old, Of maiden true, betrayed for gold; Who loved or was avenged like me._”—SCOTT.
PHILADELPHIA: T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS; 306 CHESTNUT STREET.
COPYRIGHT.—1882.
T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE I.— The Outlaw’s Daughter 21 II.— The Outlaw’s Home 35 III.— The Outlaw 41 IV.— Passion 52 V.— Passion and Temptation 67 VI.— The Old Manor-House 90 VII.— The Lady Adelaide Deville 98 VIII.— Which is the Wife? 111 IX.— The Fair Bride 119 X.— Lionne 152 XI.— Interview between Adelaide and Lionne 179 XII.— Self-Sacrifice 194 XIII.— At Bush Creek 200 XIV.— Discovery of the Flight 208 XV.— Betrayer and Betrayed 218 XVI.— Orville and Lionne 222 XVII.— The Midnight Walk 234 XVIII.— The Rescued Wanderer 236 XIX.— Lionne 248 XX.— Adelaide 261 XXI.— Lionne and the Indian Witch 278 XXII.— Lady Adelaide’s Woe 302 XXIII.— Adelaide’s Consolation 313 XXIV.— Lake Island and Castle 332 XXV.— Death at the Fete 343 XXVI.— The Spectre at the Feast 349 XXVII.— The Cleaving Curse 358 XXVIII.— Vengeance 370 XXIX.— An Act of Madness 380 XXX.— A Houseless Night Wanderer 384 XXXI.— The Stranger’s Fate 399 XXXII.— The Wife 405 XXXIII.— Strange Meetings 415 XXXIV.— Melpomene 424 XXXV.— The Meeting 436 XXXVI.— Storms 449 XXXVII.— The Crisis 456 XXXVIII.— The Lioness and the Lamb 461 XXXIX.— The Curse of an Accomplished Vow 465 XL.— The Avenger 469 XLI.— Conclusion 479
THE FATAL MARRIAGE.