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HER OWN WAY By EGLANTON THORNE Author of "Aunt Patty's Paying Guests," "Beryl's Triumph," "My Brother's Friend," etc. FIFTH IMPRESSION LONDON THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 4 Bouverie Street & 65 St. Paul's Churchyard CONTENTS Chapter I. A House Divided Against Itself II. The Ill-Chosen Friend III. A Peep into Bohemia IV. Contrition V. A Disagreeable Prospect VI. Juliet is Inspected VII. The Rich Uncle Comes VIII. Fortune Smiles On Juliet IX. Gratified Desires X. A Perilous Path XI. His Last Message XII. The Responsibility of Wealth XIII. More Mistakes Than One XIV. Temptation XV. Juliet Leaves Home XVI. A Fatal Step XVII. A Dream and an Awakening XVIII. Alone in Paris XIX. Salome Finds a Welcome XX. A Delusion Destroyed XXI. The Fruit of Self-Will XXII. A Ray of Hope XXIII. A Talent Unwrapped XXIV. The Bazaar XXV. Autumn and Spring HER OWN WAY CHAPTER I A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF "THE girls are late to-day." "You mean that Hannah is late, mother; for there is no saying when Juliet will choose to appear, and they never come together. It is a strange thing for Hannah to be behind her time." Mrs. Tracy sighed as she looked anxiously between the flower-pots which adorned the window-ledge, and rather obscured the view from where she sat in her low easy-chair. The window looked into a grassy enclosure, too small to be dignified by the name of garden, though there was a fine show of primroses and wallflowers in the narrow bed beside the gravel path, and ferns were growing tall and strong in the rockery below the windows. On the farther side of the strip of grass, just within the iron railing that enclosed it… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fher-own-way-1) The sample continues in the full work. [ #classic ](/search?query=classic) [ #public-domain ](/search?query=public-domain) [ #library ](/search?query=library) ## Reviews No reviews yet. 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