Chapter I: Front Matter

THE FATAL MARRIAGE;
OR,
ORVILLE DEVILLE.

BY

MRS. EMMA D. E. N. SOUTHWORTH.

AUTHOR OF “ISHMAEL,” “SELF-RAISED,” “THE MISSING BRIDE,” “A NOBLE
LORD,” “RETRIBUTION,” “A BEAUTIFUL FIEND,” “HOW HE WON HER,” “THE
CHANGED BRIDES,” “TRIED FOR HER LIFE,” “THE BRIDE’S FATE,” “THE LADY OF
THE ISLE,” “CRUEL AS THE GRAVE,” “FALLEN PRIDE,” “THE WIDOW’S SON,”
“ALLWORTH ABBEY,” “THE LOST HEIRESS,” “THE FAMILY DOOM,” “THE GYPSY’S
PROPHECY,” “THE ARTIST’S LOVE,” “THE HAUNTED HOMESTEAD,” “VICTOR’S
TRIUMPH,” “THE CURSE OF CLIFTON,” “THE FATAL SECRET,” “THE FORTUNE
SEEKER,” “THE SPECTRE LOVER,” “THE MAIDEN WIDOW,” “THE TWO SISTERS,”
“FAIR PLAY,” “THE BRIDAL EVE,” “VIVIA,” “THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS,” “THE
LOST HEIR OF LINLITHGOW,” “THE BRIDE OF LLEWELLYN,” “THE PHANTOM
WEDDING,” “THE MOTHER-IN-LAW,” “THE DISCARDED DAUGHTER,” “THE DESERTED
WIFE,” “THE CHRISTMAS GUEST,” “THE WIFE’S VICTORY,” “LOVE’S LABOR WON,”
“THE THREE BEAUTIES,” “INDIA,” ETC.

“_’Tis an old tale, and often told;
But did my fate and wish agree,
Ne’er had been read in story old,
Of maiden true, betrayed for gold;
Who loved or was avenged like me._”—SCOTT.

PHILADELPHIA:
T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS;
306 CHESTNUT STREET.

COPYRIGHT.—1882.

T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I.— The Outlaw’s Daughter 21
II.— The Outlaw’s Home 35
III.— The Outlaw 41
IV.— Passion 52
V.— Passion and Temptation 67
VI.— The Old Manor-House 90
VII.— The Lady Adelaide Deville 98
VIII.— Which is the Wife? 111
IX.— The Fair Bride 119
X.— Lionne 152
XI.— Interview between Adelaide and Lionne 179
XII.— Self-Sacrifice 194
XIII.— At Bush Creek 200
XIV.— Discovery of the Flight 208
XV.— Betrayer and Betrayed 218
XVI.— Orville and Lionne 222
XVII.— The Midnight Walk 234
XVIII.— The Rescued Wanderer 236
XIX.— Lionne 248
XX.— Adelaide 261
XXI.— Lionne and the Indian Witch 278
XXII.— Lady Adelaide’s Woe 302
XXIII.— Adelaide’s Consolation 313
XXIV.— Lake Island and Castle 332
XXV.— Death at the Fete 343
XXVI.— The Spectre at the Feast 349
XXVII.— The Cleaving Curse 358
XXVIII.— Vengeance 370
XXIX.— An Act of Madness 380
XXX.— A Houseless Night Wanderer 384
XXXI.— The Stranger’s Fate 399
XXXII.— The Wife 405
XXXIII.— Strange Meetings 415
XXXIV.— Melpomene 424
XXXV.— The Meeting 436
XXXVI.— Storms 449
XXXVII.— The Crisis 456
XXXVIII.— The Lioness and the Lamb 461
XXXIX.— The Curse of an Accomplished Vow 465
XL.— The Avenger 469
XLI.— Conclusion 479

THE FATAL MARRIAGE.