Chapter I: Front Matter

NINA’S PERIL.

A Novel.

BY

MRS. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER.

NEW YORK:
Copyright, 1886.

_G. W. Dillingham, Publisher_,
SUCCESSOR TO G. W. CARLETON & CO.

LONDON: S. LOW, SON & CO.
MDCCCLXXXVII

Stereotyped by
SAMUEL STODDER,
42 DEY STREET, N. Y.

DEDICATION.

TO

ALEXANDER McVEIGH MILLER,

AS A

SOUVENIR OF REGARD,

AND

IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE WARM SYMPATHY AND
WISE COUNSELS THAT HAVE AIDED AND ENCOURAGED
ME IN MY LITERARY EFFORTS.

YOUR WIFE.

_October, 1886._

CONTENTS.

Chapter Page
I. A beautiful face 7
II. Waiting and Hoping 12
III. Sketching the Past 16
IV. Coming Home 22
V. “Nothing can undo the Folly of Five years Ago.” 28
VI. “Can this really be Nina?” 39
VII. Pride 49
VIII. “I have Sworn an Oath and I shall have to keep it.” 53
IX. Jealousy 59
X. “I will never forgive her.” 66
XI. The Shadows Fall 70
XII. An Interview Declined 76
XIII. Nina’s Sacrifice 80
XIV. A Maddened Lover 89
XV. The Tragedy 95
XVI. The Flight of Nina 101
XVII. Sibyl’s Accusation 108
XVIII. Rescued 114
XIX. With Friends 118
XX. The Fieldings 122
XXI. “Mad from Life’s History.” 128
XXII. Remorse 132
XXIII. Compagnons du Voyage 138
XXIV. “She is Dead to All.” 142
XXV. Poverty 148
XXVI. I must have Money 152
XXVII. Back to Selwyn Heights 158
XXVIII. Entrapped 162
XXIX. Nina learns the truth 166
XXX. A Ghostly Laugh 174
XXXI. The Arrest of Nina 185
XXXII. Talbot’s Suspicions 193
XXXIII. Talbot’s Dreams 201
XXXIV. The Prison 205
XXXV. Nina’s Despair 214
XXXVI. The Trial 220
XXXVII. The Letter 224
XXXVIII. The Ghost again 234
XXXIX. Nina forgives Talbot 245
XL. In Egypt 253
XLI. Ferris grows desperate 259
XLII. The Naya Haye 263
XLIII. Judge Lynch 274
XLIV. Armstrong’s News 278
XLV. Talbot learns all 282
XLVI. Talbot accuses Ferris 286
XLVII. Ralph St. Alban 294
XLVIII. Flight into the desert 305
XLIX. Torn by Wolves 311
L. Journeying Homeward 320
LI. On the Scaffold 330
LII. Sibyl’s Punishment 340
LIII. Nina’s Happiness 349
LIV. The Invitation 356
LV. “It’s we two for aye.” 360

NINA’S PERIL.