THE PEARL OF PEARL RIVER. BY EMMA D. E. N. SOUTHWORTH. AUTHOR OF "DESERTED WIFE," "LOST HE'RESS," "CURSE OF CLIFTON," "How changed since last her speaking eye Her gentle voice and lovely mien- Philadelphia: T. B. PETERSON AND BROTHERS, 306 CHESTNUT STREET. PREFACE. THE leading incidents of the following story were suggested by circumstances in the life of a near relative, long since, we trust, in Heaven. I have used the novelist's privilege in giving a happier termination to the fiction than is warranted by the facts. E. D. E. N. S. PROSPECT COTtage, February 16th, 1856. |