THE

BRIDAL EVE.

BY

MRS. EMMA D. E. N. SOUTHWORTII.

"VIVIA,"

AUTHOR OF "THE FATAL MARRIAGE," “RETRIBUTION," THE DESERTED WIFE,"
"LOST HEIRESS, "DISCARDED DAUGHTER," "WIFE'S VICTORY,
"LADY OF THE ISLE," "HAUNTED HOMESTEAD," "MOTHER-IN-LAW,' 11
"THE TWO SISTERS, 19 64 THREE BEAUTIES," "CURSE OF CLIFTON,"
"THE GIPSY'S PROPHECY, "LOVE'S LABOR WON,"
BRIDE," "INDIA," ETC., ETC.

"THE

MISSING

MERCANTILE

LIBRARY

NEW YORK

204733.

"Take my title take my wealth,
Take my rank and jewels fine:
What care I for rank or wealth,
Since thou art mine, and I am thine?
The tale was brief; but oh the sorrow
It stabbed to that young, trustful heart!
'To-day a peeress!-What, to-morrow!
Will he ever from my side depart?'"'

Philadelphia:

306 CHESTNUT STREET.

T. B. PETERSON & BROTIMATED BY THE

[cop. 126 43

CANTILE BRARY ASSOCIATION

YORK CITY

(Southurr

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by

T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.