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All for Love; or, Her Heart's Sacrifice

Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller

McVeigh Miller is a romantic novel written in the late 19th century.

"All for Love; or, Her Heart's Sacrifice" by Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller is a romantic novel written in the late 19th century.

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From a cottage window, embowered in azure morning glories, a girl’s sweet voice sang blithely:

Berry Vining, the little village beauty, singing so blithely at her window of a love that as yet she had never known, was at the crisis of her fate, for at that very moment down the village street swept a gay cavalcade of riders, and as the sweet voice floated out upon the air, their glances turned upward in irrepressible admiration.

She was so lovely, this little Berry Vining, with her wealth of curly chestnut locks, framing a face so fresh[6] and fair as the morning glories round the window—so lovely, with her big, wondering, brown eyes under long, shady lashes, her sea-shell tints, her perfect little nose, and rose-red lips, and dainty chin, where dimples swarmed, entrancingly, whenever she smiled, that no one could look at her without admiration.

When all those eager eyes were leveled at her window the girl drew very hastily backward, but not until she had seen one hat lifted from a handsome head in her honor, as the man’s eyes paid eager tribute to her charms.

It all passed in a moment, but not too quickly for that flashing glance to strike fire in a romantic maiden’s heart.

The laughing, chattering riders passed on, the handsome men, the pretty women, and Berry hid her blushing face among the green, heart-shaped leaves of the morning glories, and whispered to the flowers:

Contents

  1. 01Transcriber’s Notes:
  2. 02All for Love
  3. 03Chapter I. A Familiar Song.
  4. 04Chapter II. The Rosy Emblem.
  5. 05Chapter III. Sweethearts.
  6. 06Chapter IV. Legitimate Game.
  7. 07Chapter V. The Turning Point.
  8. 08Chapter VI. The Book of Fate.
  9. 09Chapter VII. A Suspected Rival.
  10. 10Chapter VIII. Loved and Hated.
  11. 11Chapter IX. Blue Eyes and Brown.
  12. 12Chapter X. A Tragedy of Love.
  13. 13Chapter XI. The Curtain Falls.
  14. 14Chapter XII. A Phantom at Dawn.
  15. 15Chapter XIII. An Ill-Fated Girl.
  16. 16Chapter XIV. Cottage and Castle.
  17. 17Chapter XV. Strange Mysteries.
  18. 18Chapter XVI. A Timely Rescue.
  19. 19Chapter XVII. Bitter Rivalry.
  20. 20Chapter XVIII. A Friend in Need.
  21. 21Chapter XIX. The Old Love.
  22. 22Chapter XX. Fate Willed Otherwise.
  23. 23Chapter XXI. The Happy Meeting.
  24. 24Chapter XXII. Their Plighted Vows.
  25. 25Chapter XXIII. All for Love.
  26. 26Chapter XXIV. The Next Day.
  27. 27Chapter XXV. A Fair Bride.
  28. 28Chapter XXVI. Bribing a Bride.
  29. 29Chapter XXVII. Forgetting the World.
  30. 30Chapter XXVIII. Turn of the Tide.
  31. 31Chapter XXIX. A Friend Indeed.
  32. 32Chapter XXX. A Generous Offer.
  33. 33Chapter XXXI. Alloy Always Glitters.
  34. 34Chapter XXXII. An Old Fool.
  35. 35Chapter XXXIII. The Unwelcome Letter.
  36. 36Chapter XXXIV. Bitter Memories.
  37. 37Chapter XXXV. Delays Are Dangerous.
  38. 38Chapter XXXVI. True to His Word.
  39. 39Chapter XXXVII. A Late Remorse.
  40. 40Chapter XXXVIII. A Bitter Secret.
  41. 41Chapter XXXIX. A Stolen Interview.
  42. 42Chapter XL. The Wedding Day.
  43. 43Chapter XLI. Trouble Begins Again.
  44. 44Chapter XLII. In New Guise.
  45. 45Chapter XLIII. At School.
  46. 46Chapter XLIV. The Meeting.
  47. 47Chapter XLV. A Vixen.
  48. 48Chapter XLVI. A Last Decision.
  49. 49Chapter XLVII. A Vain Threat.
  50. 50Transcriber’s Notes:

About this edition

Author
Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
Language
English
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
245 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers

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