Category: Novels
In the latter part of June 18-- the little city of Oxford, Miss., was teeming with visitors, not only from various portions of the State, but from the adjoining States of Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas and Louisiana. This concourse of people was no unusual spectacle to the citiz...
In the latter part of June 18-- the little city of Oxford, Miss., was teeming with visitors, not only from various portions of the State, but from the adjoining States of Tennes...
2. CHAPTER II.It is sometimes the case that we have premonitions that vaguely forewarn us of approaching ill fortune. Not a cloud appears above the horizon of our life, and yet we instinctive...
3. CHAPTER III.The protracted meeting, which had continued fourteen days, was ended. Dr. Coyt, the Evangelist, took his leave in order to carry blessings to other places. No one could deny tha...
4. CHAPTER IV.An event soon occurred in the town which aroused feelings and emotions in the breast of Ernest, the statical condition of which had never before been disturbed. A family moved i...
5. CHAPTER V.It was a bright moon-lit night, and the town of ---- showed dimly in the silvery sheen which vaguely illuminated the half of every object. It was calm and quiet. The people were...
6. CHAPTER VI.While the never-ceasing march of time was unfolding the events which have been narrated, others of a more startling and melancholy character were evolving from the womb of the f...
7. CHAPTER VII.Sometimes in battle a soldier suddenly finds himself prostrated to the earth. He knows not what has happened. A dizziness comes over him. Then he glances down at his limbs, and...
8. CHAPTER VIII.During the time that Ernest was confined in the house of Dr. Arrington, he had had several discussions with that gentleman, of doctrines which are regarded by the world as disti...
9. Chapter X: ‘Elect infants, dying in infancy, are regenerated and saved“You can put that construction upon it, if you wish,” said the Doctor; “but the term is explained in several ways. I really do not know which view the framers of the Confession...
10. CHAPTER IX.The next day Ernest and the Doctor were alone in the study. The former seemed to be a little restless, like a man who wishes to say something, but knows not how to begin; the la...
11. CHAPTER X.In the progress of the present story we have now come to some of those strange, startling, and almost incredible events which prove the truth of the old proverb, “Truth is stran...
12. CHAPTER XI.It might seem strange to the reader who is unacquainted with the nature of war, that a young, intelligent, and accomplished lady should have undertaken such an enterprise as tha...
13. CHAPTER XII.As soon as the chamber-maid’s footsteps had died away, Mildred locked the door, and sat down to think. Suffering herself to be drawn into an interview with a stranger was her se...
14. CHAPTER XIII.The army to which Ernest belonged was encamped on the banks of the historical river ----. The year was drawing to a close. To Ernest the days dragged heavily by, as there are fe...
15. CHAPTER XIV.The rapid pace of Ernest soon brought him to the quarters of his Brigadier General, a man whose name is inseparably connected with the battle of Bull Run. After the Brigadier ha...
16. CHAPTER XV.It was night. The stars looked down from their blue dome upon the lamp-lit streets of Washington. Busy feet went hurrying along this way and that. Small groups could be seen sta...
17. CHAPTER XVI.We now return to our two fugitives. They met with no other adventure, and arrived that evening at Dr. Arrington’s residence. The old gentleman would have gone into Washington hi...
18. CHAPTER XVII.The frightful clouds of war have rolled away. The smoke of battle has dissolved into the darkness of the Past. The blood-spots have been washed out by the rains and dews of heav...
19. CHAPTER XVIII.Ernest entered upon his work in two or three weeks after his ordination. This was the first time he had seen his native town since he left it in 1861. Things had undergone a gre...
20. CHAPTER XIX.When a man acquires the habit of indulging in strong drink, it requires a will of iron to break it. Few men have the physical and moral fortitude to offer the necessary resistan...
21. CHAPTER XX.Immediately after the arrest and imprisonment of Comston, Ernest called to see Clara in order to give such comfort as the circumstances would allow. He did not find her in tears...
22. CHAPTER XXI.“Ready,” promptly answered the Counsel for the defence, to the surprise of every one. For obvious reasons, it is generally the practice to postpone murder cases as long as possi...
23. CHAPTER XXII.The lives of a great many people are distinguished by a few romantic events, but no man’s life is one continuous series of startling incidents. Life flows in a regular channel,...