# The Atlantic Monthly Volume 02 No 11 September 1858 A Magazine

Author: Unknown

Genre: Public Domain

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: Local public-domain TXT source

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## Summary

The disappearance of Lucy Ransom did not long remain a secret; it rang through the town, and was accompanied by all sorts of rumors. Some thought she had eloped; but the prevailing opinion was, that she had been tempted into a fatal error, and then, in the frenzy of remorse and shame, had destroyed herself, in order to hide her disgrace from the world. Slight hints were now recalled by many of the poor girl's acquaintance,--hints of love, unrequited and hopeless,--of base and unfeeling treachery,--of remediless sorrow, appealing to the deepest sympathy, and not the less because her heart found utterance in rude and homely phrases. This idea of self-destruction gained the more currency bec...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-atlantic-monthly-volume-02-no-11-september-1858-a-magazine-7822dc88/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-atlantic-monthly-volume-02-no-11-september-1858-a-magazine-7822dc88/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-atlantic-monthly-volume-02-no-11-september-1858-a-magazine-7822dc88/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-atlantic-monthly-volume-02-no-11-september-1858-a-magazine-7822dc88/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-atlantic-monthly-volume-02-no-11-september-1858-a-magazine-7822dc88/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-atlantic-monthly-volume-02-no-11-september-1858-a-magazine-7822dc88/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-atlantic-monthly-volume-02-no-11-september-1858-a-magazine-7822dc88/chapters/4/index.md)