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The curse of gold

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Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens40 chapters

The curse of gold by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #70134.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
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  1. Chapter I 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II The Hospital Nurse 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III The Marriage Certificate 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The Two Infants 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Early in the Morning 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Jane Kelly Finds an Old Acquaintance 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII The Saint and the Sinner 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Parting with the Child 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Turned Out-of-Doors 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI All Alone 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII The Odd Ear-Ring 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Mary Margaret Dillon’s Shanty 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The Professed Philanthropist 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Jane Kelly on Her Trial 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Madame de Marke and Her Pet 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Searching for His Wife 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Elsie, the Lunatic 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX The Old Mansion-House 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX The Family Breakfast 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI The Two Portraits 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Nurses for the Children of the Poor 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Sitting by the Door 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Three Hearts Go Out to Little Eddie 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Enemies Meeting 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Out in the Storm 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Coming Home from California 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX The Night of Miss Judson’s Wedding 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX The Secret Marriage.—louis Goes on with His Story 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII Madame’s Golden Crucifix 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII The Iron-Bound Box 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV The Washerwoman’s Intrusion 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV A Domestic Storm 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI Doubts and Fears 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII Little Eddie’s Grief 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII Elsie’s Married Life 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX Announcement of the Wedding 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL Righted at Last 77 readings five lines each Open chapter

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