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The Bride of the Tomb, and Queenie's Terrible Secret

Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller

The story begins with the shocking suicide of Lily Lawrence, a young heiress who is set to marry, sending her family and their acquaintances into a whirlwind of grief and speculation.

"The Bride of the Tomb, and Queenie's Terrible Secret" by Mrs. Alex. The story begins with the shocking suicide of Lily Lawrence, a young heiress who is set to marry, sending her family and their acquaintances into a whirlwind of grief and speculation.

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Sweet Lily Lawrence had committed suicide!

Oh! impossible! A girl so young, so gifted, so lovely, the darling of her father's heart, the idol of her brilliant lover, the heiress of a splendid fortune—what had she to do with the grim king of terrors? Death to her was an enemy to be shunned and dreaded rather than a lover to be courted.

Yet there she lay prone on the velvet carpet, with its delicate pattern of myosotis, and the soft light of the June morning shining through the open window on the still form, robed in creamy white satin and priceless lace, the fair hair streaming across the floor, the turquoise blue eyes wide-open with a look of unutterable horror frozen in their upward stare, the small and dimpled white hand clinching tightly a tiny jeweled dagger whose murderous thrust had left a ghastly, gory, crimson stain on the snowy satin lace above her heart. By that crimson stain death claimed her for his own—the fairest bride the grim monarch ever took to his icy arms.

Contents

  1. 01Chapter I.
  2. 02Chapter II.
  3. 03Chapter III.
  4. 04Chapter IV.
  5. 05Chapter V.
  6. 06Chapter VI.
  7. 07Chapter VII.
  8. 08Chapter VIII.
  9. 09Chapter IX.
  10. 10Chapter X.
  11. 11Chapter XI.
  12. 12Chapter XII.
  13. 13Chapter XIII.
  14. 14Chapter XIV.
  15. 15Chapter XV.
  16. 16Chapter XVI.
  17. 17Chapter XVII.
  18. 18Chapter XVIII.
  19. 19Chapter XIX.
  20. 20Chapter XX.
  21. 21Chapter XXI.
  22. 22Chapter XXII.
  23. 23Chapter XXIII.
  24. 24Chapter XXIV.
  25. 25Chapter XXV.
  26. 26Chapter XXVI.
  27. 27Chapter XXVII.
  28. 28Chapter XXVIII.
  29. 29Chapter XXIX.
  30. 30Chapter XXX.
  31. 31Chapter XXXI.
  32. 32Chapter XXXII.
  33. 33Chapter XXXIII.
  34. 34Chapter XXXIV.
  35. 35Chapter XXXV.
  36. 36Chapter XXXVI.
  37. 37Chapter XXXVII.
  38. 38Chapter XXXVIII.
  39. 39Chapter XXXIX.
  40. 40Chapter XL.
  41. 41Queenie's Terrible Secret or, a Young Girl's Strange Fate.
  42. 42Chapter I.
  43. 43Chapter II.
  44. 44Chapter III.
  45. 45Chapter IV.
  46. 46Chapter V.
  47. 47Chapter VI.
  48. 48Chapter VII.
  49. 49Chapter VIII.
  50. 50Chapter IX.
  51. 51Chapter X.
  52. 52Chapter XI.
  53. 53Chapter XII.
  54. 54Chapter XIII.
  55. 55Chapter XIV.
  56. 56Chapter XV.
  57. 57Chapter XVI.
  58. 58Chapter XVII.
  59. 59Chapter XVIII.
  60. 60Chapter XIX.

About this edition

Author
Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
Language
English
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Introductory: no background needed
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
279 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers

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