# The Continental Monthly Vol 4 No 6 December 1863 Devoted To Lit

Author: Unknown

Genre: Public Domain

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: Local public-domain TXT source

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## Summary

Miss Arabella Thorne was the daughter of an old citizen of New York, a worthy man, a plumber by trade, who, by means of plenty of work, small competition, and high prices, managed to scrape together fifty or sixty thousand dollars, which from time to time he judiciously invested in real estate. Late in life he married a tall, lean, sour-visaged spinster, considerably past thirty, with nothing whatever to recommend her except that she belonged to one of the first families. The fact is, she was a poor relation, and had all her life been passed around from cousin to cousin, each endeavoring to shift the burden as quick as possible. As she grew older she became more fretful and ill tempered,...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-continental-monthly-vol-4-no-6-december-1863-devoted-to-lit-cafa373a/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-continental-monthly-vol-4-no-6-december-1863-devoted-to-lit-cafa373a/chapters/1/index.md)