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17 Chapters
Chapter 1 GATHERING OF THE HUNT.
Chapter 2 THE HILL-SIDE HOUSE.
Chapter 3 WAITING AND WATCHING.
Chapter 4 THE SON'S RETURN.
Chapter 5 CONFESSING HIS LOVE.
Chapter 6 CONFESSIONS OF LOVE.
Chapter 7 JUDITH.
Chapter 8 WAITING FOR HIM.
Chapter 9 THE NEXT NEIGHBOR.
Chapter 10 JEALOUS PASSIONS.
Chapter 11 PROTEST AND APPEAL.
Chapter 12 THE HEART STRUGGLE.
Chapter 13 ONE RASH STEP.
Chapter 14 ON THE WAY HOME.
Chapter 15 THE LADY ROSE.
Chapter 16 ALONE IN THE COTTAGE.
Chapter 17 A STORMY ENCOUNTER.
Chapter 18 AN ENCOUNTER.
Chapter 19 FATHER AND DAUGHTER.
Chapter 20 THE TWO THAT LOVED HIM.
Chapter 21 BOTH HUSBAND AND FATHER.
Chapter 22 WAS IT LIFE OR DEATH
Chapter 23 BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
Chapter 24 A FATHER'S MISGIVING.
Chapter 25 THE BIRD AND THE SERPENT.
Chapter 26 TRUE AS STEEL.
Chapter 27 A CRUEL DESERTION.
Chapter 28 THE WIFE'S VISIT.
Chapter 29 BY MY MOTHER IN HEAVEN.
Chapter 30 THE BARMAID OF THE TWO RAVENS.
Chapter 31 THE OLD LAKE HOUSE.
Chapter 32 THE NEW LEASE.
Chapter 33 SHARPER THAN A SERPENT'S TOOTH.
Chapter 34 THE SICK MAN WRITES A LETTER.
Chapter 35 WITH THE HOUSEKEEPER.
Chapter 36 UNDER THE IVY.
Chapter 37 A STORM AT THE TWO RAVENS.
Chapter 38 A PRESENT FROM THE FAIR.
Chapter 39 A WILD-FLOWER OFFERING.
Chapter 40 SEEKING A PLACE.
Chapter 41 THE FATHER'S SICK-ROOM.
Chapter 42 PROFFERED SERVICES.
Chapter 43 THE LOST LETTER.
Chapter 44 THE HOUSEKEEPER'S VISIT.
Chapter 45 EXCELLENT ADVICE.
Chapter 46 THE SERPENT IN HER PATH.
Chapter 47 NIGHT ON THE BALCONY.
Chapter 48 WATCHING HER RIVAL.
Chapter 49 BROODING THOUGHTS.
Chapter 50 YOUNG HURST AND LADY ROSE.
Chapter 51 THE GODMOTHER'S MISTAKE.
Chapter 52 SITTING AT THE WINDOW.
Chapter 53 DEATH.
Chapter 54 THE GARDENER'S FUNERAL.
Chapter 55 SEARCHING A HOUSE.
Chapter 56 A MOTHER'S HOPEFULNESS.
Chapter 57 WAITING AT THE LAKE HOUSE.
Chapter 58 SIR NOEL'S VISITOR.
Chapter 59 PLEADING FOR DELAY.
Chapter 60 LOVE AND HATE.
Chapter 61 HUNTED DOWN.
Chapter 62 STORMS AND LADY ROSE.
Chapter 63 THE PRICE OF A LIFE.
Chapter 64 JUDITH'S RETURN.
Chapter 65 ON THE PRECIPICE.
Chapter 66 SIR NOEL AND RUTH.
Chapter 67 SHOWING THE WAY.
Chapter 68 FORSAKING HER HOME.
Chapter 69 THE SOUL'S DANGER.
Chapter 70 ON THE TRAIN.
Chapter 71 THE SPIDER'S WEB.
Chapter 72 THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE.
Chapter 73 SEARCHING THE LAKE HOUSE.
Chapter 74 COMING HOME.
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Chapter 17 A STORMY ENCOUNTER.

RUTH held her breath and listened. She heard the door open, and footsteps in the little passage. Then her natural courage aroused itself, and lifting the posset-cup from the coals, she left it on the warm hearth, and met the intruder at the kitchen door.

"Is it you?" she said, with a quiver of fear in her voice. "I am sorry father is not at home

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