Chapter I: Front Matter

JOLLY SALLY PENDLETON

Or

The Wife who was Not a Wife

by

LAURA JEAN LIBBEY

Hart Series No. 43

Copyright 1897 by George Munro's Sons.

Published by The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, O., U. S. A.

INDEX

CHAPTER PAGE

I. BOTH GIRLS WERE SO STUNNINGLY PRETTY, AND WORE 5
SUCH ODD, BEWITCHING COSTUMES ON THEIR TANDEM,
THAT THE PEOPLE WHO STOPPED TO WATCH THE BEAUTIES
AS THEY WHIRLED BY NICKNAMED THEM "THE HEAVENLY
TWINS."

II. IT IS ONE THING TO ADMIRE A PRETTY GIRL, QUITE 10
ANOTHER THING TO FALL IN LOVE WITH HER.

III. THE TERRIBLE WAGER AT THE GREAT RACE. 13

IV. WHICH WON? 19

V. "SHALL WE BREAK THIS BETROTHAL, THAT WAS MADE ONLY 23
IN FUN?"

VI. THE WAY OF WOMEN THE WHOLE WORLD OVER. 26

VII. BERNARDINE. 31

VIII. "OH, I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE COME, DOCTOR!" 36

IX. "WHAT A LONELY LIFE FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG 38
GIRL!"

X. WHAT IS LIFE WITHOUT LOVE? 40

XI. A SHADOW DARKENS THE PEACEFUL HOME OF THE 45
BASKET-MAKER.

XII. "YOU ARE FALSE AS YOU ARE FAIR, BERNARDINE!" 48

XIII. HE WISHED HE COULD TELL SOME ONE HIS UNFORTUNATE 52
LOVE STORY.

XIV. "HAVE I BROKEN YOUR HEART, MY DARLING?" 58

XV. "I LOVE YOU! I CAN NOT KEEP THE SECRET ANY 61
LONGER!"

XVI. "WHERE THERE IS NO JEALOUSY THERE IS LITTLE LOVE!" 64

XVII. 70

XVIII. FATE WEAVES A STRANGE WEB. 74

XIX. "TRUE LOVE NEVER DOES RUN SMOOTH." 80

XX. "IT WOULD BE WISER TO MAKE A FRIEND THAN AN ENEMY 84
OF ME."

XXI. JASPER WILDE MEETS WITH AN ADVENTURE. 87

XXII. 92

XXIII. 95

XXIV. 98

XXV. 102

XXVI. 105

XXVII. 109

XXVIII. 114

XXIX. 117

XXX. 125

XXXI. 130

XXXII. 135

XXXIII. 141

XXXIV. 145

XXXV. 148

XXXVI. 151

XXXVII. 156

XXXVIII. 161

XXXIX. 165

XL. 170

XLI. 176

XLII. 177

XLIII. 182

XLIV. 187

XLV. 191

XLVI. 196

XLVII. 200

XLVIII. 205

XLIX. 210

L. 215

LI. 219

LII. 224

LIII. 229

LIV. 232

LV. 235

LVI. 240

LVII. 244

LVIII. 249

JOLLY SALLY PENDLETON

OR

THE WIFE WHO WAS NOT A WIFE