Chapter I: Front Matter

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TRIED FOR HER LIFE.

A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave."

by

MRS. EMMA D. E. N. SOUTHWORTH.

Author of "The Missing Bride; Or, Miriam, the Avenger," "A Beautiful Fiend," "How He Won Her," "A Noble Lord," "Changed Brides," "The Deserted Wife," "Bride's Fate," "Lady of the Isle," "The Bridal Eve," "Cruel As the Grave," "The Widow's Son," "Allworth Abbey," "Lost Heiress," "Family Doom," "The Artist's Love," "Gipsy's Prophecy," "Haunted Homestead," "Fallen Pride," "Victor's Triumph," "The Curse of Clifton," "Spectre Lover," "Maiden Widow," "Fortune Seeker," "The Two Sisters," "Fair Play," "Fatal Marriage," "Prince of Darkness," "Bride of Llewellyn," "Mother-in-Law," "Three Beauties," "India," "Discarded Daughter," "Wife's Victory," "Love's Labor Won," "Retribution," "The Christmas Quest," "Vivia," "The Lost Heir of Linlithgow."

_And in that deep and utter agony,
Though then, than ever, most unfit to die,
I fell upon my knees and prayed for death._--MATURIN.

_She looked on many a face with vacant eye,
On many a token without knowing what;
She saw them watch her without asking why,
And recked not who around her pillow sat._--BYRON.

Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers; 306 Chestnut Street.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by T. B. Peterson & Brothers, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C.

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

Each Work is complete in one large Duodecimo Volume.

_THE MISSING BRIDE; or, MIRIAM, THE AVENGER.
VICTOR'S TRIUMPH. A Sequel to "A Beautiful Fiend."
A BEAUTIFUL FIEND; or, THROUGH THE FIRE.
FAIR PLAY; or, THE TEST OF THE LONE ISLE.
HOW HE WON HER. A Sequel to "Fair Play."
THE SPECTRE LOVER.
THE LOST HEIR OF LINLITHGOW.
CRUEL AS THE GRAVE.
THE CHANGED BRIDES.
THE BRIDE'S FATE. A Sequel to "The Changed Brides."
TRIED FOR HER LIFE. A Sequel to "Cruel as the Grave."
THE CHRISTMAS GUEST; or, The Crime and the Curse.
THE BRIDE OF LLEWELLYN.
THE GIPSY'S PROPHECY.
THE FORTUNE SEEKER.
THE LOST HEIRESS.
THE THREE BEAUTIES.
THE ARTIST'S LOVE.
A NOBLE LORD. Sequel to "The Lost Heir of Linlithgow."
THE FAMILY DOOM; or, THE SIN OF A COUNTESS.
THE MAIDEN WIDOW. Sequel to "The Family Doom."
THE HAUNTED HOMESTEAD.
LOVE'S LABOR WON.
LADY OF THE ISLE.
THE WIFE'S VICTORY.
THE DESERTED WIFE.
ALLWORTH ABBEY.
FALLEN PRIDE; or, THE MOUNTAIN GIRL'S LOVE.
INDIA; or, THE PEARL OF PEARL RIVER.
VIVIA; or, THE SECRET OF POWER.
THE CURSE OF CLIFTON.
THE DISCARDED DAUGHTER.
THE MOTHER-IN-LAW.
THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS.
THE TWO SISTERS.
THE FATAL MARRIAGE. THE WIDOW'S SON.
THE BRIDAL EVE. RETRIBUTION._

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

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CONTENTS.

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I.--SYBIL'S SUBTERRANEAN ADVENTURES 21

II.--WHAT WAS SOUGHT, AND WHAT WAS FOUND 31

III.--THE EXPLOSION 43

IV.--AFTER THE EXPLOSION 47

V.--THE ROBBERS' CAVE 61

VI.--THE ROBBER CHIEFTAIN 68

VII.--GENTILISKA DUBARRY 80

VIII.--NELLY TO THE RESCUE 90

IX.--THE SECOND FLIGHT 103

X.--THE NIGHT ATTACK ON THE COACH 120

XI.--RAPHAEL 133

XII.--A WISE AND GOOD OLD MAN 144

XIII.--HOME 157

XIV.--THE TRIAL FOR LIFE 174

XV.--THE VERDICT 188

XVI.--CONDEMNED 193

XVII.--THE MERCIFUL INSANITY 203

XVIII.--HOW SYBIL RECEIVED HER DEATH WARRANT 214

XIX.--THE EXAMINATION 221

XX.--THE LAST EXPEDIENT 228

XXI.--ISHMAEL WORTH'S NEWS 234

XXII.--HOPE 240

XXIII.--SYBIL'S CHILD 248

XXIV.--THE GREAT VALLEY STORM 254

XXV.--THE GREAT VALLEY FLOOD 262

XXVI.--AFTER THE DISASTER 272

XXVII.--THE VICTIMS 283

XXVIII.--WHAT THE LETTER CONTAINED 290

XXIX.--AFTER THE EXPATRIATION 306

XXX.--THE GUARDIANS OF THE OLD HOUSE 313

XXXI.--GEM 326

XXXII.--THE LAST FATAL HALLOW EVE 337

XXXIII.--RETURN OF THE EXILE 345

TRIED FOR HER LIFE.