A Novel.

MRS. MARY J. HOLMES,

AUTHOR OF

TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE. — DARKNESS AND DAYLIGHT. — MILBANK. — ENGLISH ORPHANS. — LENA RIVERS. — ETHELYN'S MISTAKE. — HUGH WORTHINGTON. — MADELINE. — WEST LAWN. — MARIAN GREY — EDNA BROWNING, ETC.

NEW YORK: G.W. Dillingham, Publisher, SUCCESSOR TO G.W. CARLETON & CO. LONDON: S. LOW, SON & CO. MDCCCLXXXVIII.

TO MY NEPHEW,

WALTER H. TWICHELL

(OF WORCESTER. MASS.)

I DEDICATE THIS STORY OF BESSIE,

WHICH WILL REMIND HIM OF A HAPPY YEAR IN EUROPE.