Chapter I: Front Matter

THE CHANGED BRIDES.

BY

MRS. EMMA D. E. N. SOUTHWORTH.

AUTHOR OF “HOW HE WON HER,” “FAIR PLAY,” “THE BRIDES’ FATE,” “THE
DISCARDED DAUGHTER,” “HAUNTED HOMESTEAD,” “RETRIBUTION,” “THE LOST
HEIRESS,” “THE FORTUNE SEEKER,” “ALLWORTH ABBEY,” “THE FATAL MARRIAGE,”
“THE MISSING BRIDE,” “THE TWO SISTERS,” “THE BRIDAL EVE,” “LADY OF THE
ISLE,” “GIPSY’S PROPHECY,” “VIVIA,” “WIFE’S VICTORY,” “MOTHER-IN-LAW,”
“INDIA,” “THE THREE BEAUTIES,” “THE CURSE OF CLIFTON,” “THE DESERTED
WIFE,” “LOVE’S LABOR WON,” “FALLEN PRIDE,” “THE BRIDE OF LLEWELLYN,”
“THE WIDOW’S SON,” “PRINCE OF DARKNESS.”

’TIS AN OLD TALE, AND OFTEN TOLD—
A MAIDEN TRUE, BETRAYED FOR GOLD.—SCOTT.

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MRS. EMMA D. E. N. SOUTHWORTH’S WORKS.

Each Work is complete in one large duodecimo volume.

_FAIR PLAY, OR, THE TEST OF THE LONE ISLE._
_HOW HE WON HER, A SEQUEL TO FAIR PLAY._
_THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS._
_THE MOTHER-IN-LAW._
_THE THREE BEAUTIES._
_THE WIFE’S VICTORY._
_THE CHANGED BRIDES._
_THE BRIDES’ FATE. SEQUEL TO CHANGED BRIDES._
_THE BRIDE OF LLEWELLYN._
_THE GIPSY’S PROPHECY._
_THE FORTUNE SEEKER._
_THE DESERTED WIFE._
_THE LOST HEIRESS._
_RETRIBUTION._
_FALLEN PRIDE; OR, THE MOUNTAIN GIRL’S LOVE._
_THE FATAL MARRIAGE._
_THE HAUNTED HOMESTEAD._
_LOVE’S LABOR WON._
_THE MISSING BRIDE._
_LADY OF THE ISLE._
_THE TWO SISTERS._
_INDIA; OR, THE PEARL OF PEARL RIVER._
_VIVIA; OR, THE SECRET OF POWER._
_THE CURSE OF CLIFTON._
_THE DISCARDED DAUGHTER._
_THE WIDOW’S SON._
_ALLWORTH ABBEY._
_THE BRIDAL EVE._

Price of each, $1.75 in Cloth; or $1.50 in Paper Cover.

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T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS,
306 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

TO

MISS EDITH HENSHAW,

OF WASHINGTON CITY;

THIS

WORK IS INSCRIBED,

WITH

THE LOVE OF HER SISTER.

PROSPECT COTTAGE,
GEORGETOWN, D. C.
MAY, 1869.

CONTENTS.

Chapter Page
I. —ON THE EVE OF A GRAND WEDDING 23
II. —AT THE OLD HALL 41
III. —THE HOUSELESS WANDERER AND THE BRIDE ELECT 53
IV. —A CHILD’S LOVE 57
V. —THE CHILD MEETS HER FATE 71
VI. —THE NEXT FEW YEARS 83
VII. —THE GIRL’S FIRST GRIEF 94
VIII. —FATAL LOVE 104
IX. —BRIDAL FAVORS 113
X. —WHAT WAS DONE WITH DRUSILLA 128
XI. —JOY FOR DRUSILLA 142
XII. —A REALLY HAPPY BRIDE 153
XIII. —THE CHILD BRIDE AT HOME 162
XIV. —THE WILD WOOD HOME BY DAY 167
XV. —CLOUDLESS JOYS 176
XVI. —A QUEEN OF FASHION 190
XVII. —MORAL MADNESS 197
XVIII. —A DARK RIDE 202
XIX. —A NEGLECTED WIFE 211
XX. —RIVALRY 217
XXI. —THE SORROWS OF THE YOUNG WIFE 222
XXII. —DIFFICULTIES OF DECEPTION 232
XXIII. —SILENT SORROW 241
XXIV. —THE SPECTRAL FACE 248
XXV. —CAUGHT 255
XXVI. —A MEMORABLE NIGHT 262
XXVII. —A GREAT DISCOVERY 270
XXVIII. —HIS LOVE 278
XXIX. —HER LOVE 284
XXX. —BREAKING 293
XXXI. —FIRST ABSENCE 303
XXXII. —BRIGHT HOPES 307
XXXIII. —A SURPRISE 316
XXXIV. —GONE FOR GOOD 326
XXXV. —CRUEL TREACHERY 334
XXXVI. —AGONY 346
XXXVII. —SUSPENSE 355
XXXVIII. —HOPING AGAINST HOPE 365
XXXIX. —DICK HAMMOND IS ASTONISHED 372
XL. —DICK’S NEWS 387
XLI. —PROOFS 403
XLII. —DRUSILLA’S DESTINATION 410
XLIII. —THE DREARY NIGHT RIDE 419
XLIV. —HOW SHE SPED 437
XLV. —DRUSILLA’S ARRIVAL 445
XLVI. —THE DESPERATE REMEDY 459
XLVII. —EXPOSURE 478
XLVIII. —BALM FOR THE BRUISED HEART 492

THE CHANGED BRIDES.