Ishmael - Or, In the Depths

Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

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• Publié par: moshing
• Publié le: 08 décembre 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 15
• Langue: English

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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Ishmael, by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Ishmael In the Depths Author: Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth Release Date: May 6, 2005 [eBook #15774] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ISHMAEL*** E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Project Gutenberg Beginners Projects, Norma Elloitt, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ISHMAEL Or, In The Depths BY Mrs. E.D.E.N. Southworth Author of SELF-RAISED, THE HIDDEN HAND , CAPITOLA'S PERIL, THE BRIDE'S FATE , THE CHANGED BRIDES, ETC. "Light was his footstep in the dance And firm his stirrup in the lists, And O! he had that merry glance That seldom lady's heart resists." A.L. BURT COMPANY, PUBLISHERS NEW YORK POPULAR BOOKS By MRS. E.D.E.N. SOUTHWORTH In Handsome Cloth Binding 60 Cents Lost Heir, The Lost Lady of Lone, The Love's Bitterest Cup Sequel to Her Mother's Secret Price per volume, Beautiful Fiend, A Brandon Coyle's Wife Sequel to A Skeleton in the Closet Bride's Fate, The Sequel to The Changed Brides Mysterious Marriage, The Sequel to A Leap in the Dark Bride's Ordeal, The Capitola's Peril Sequel to the Hidden Hand Nearest and Dearest Noble Lord, A Sequel to The Lost Heir Changed Brides, The Cruel as the Grave David Lindsay Sequel to Gloria Self-Raised Sequel to Ishmael Deed Without a Name, A Dorothy Harcourt's Secret Sequel to A Deed Without a Name Skeleton in the Closet, A Struggle of a Soul, The Sequel to The Lost Lady of Lone "Em" Em's Husband Sequel to "Em" Sweet Love's Atonement Test of Love, The Sequel to A Tortured Heart To His Fate Sequel to Dorothy Harcourt's Secret Fair Play For Whose Sake Sequel to Why Did He Wed Her? Tortured Heart, A Sequel to The Trail of the Serpent For Woman's Love Fulfilling Her Destiny Sequel to When Love Commands Trail of the Serpent, The Tried for Her Life Sequel to Cruel as the Grave Gloria Her Love or Her life Sequel to The Bride's Ordeal Unloved Wife, The Unrequited Love, An Sequel to For Woman's Love Her Mother's Secret Victor's Triumph Hidden Hand, The How He Won Her Sequel to Fair Play Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend When Love Commands When Shadows Die Sequel to Love's Bitterest Cup Ishmael Leap in the Dark, A Lilith Sequel to the Unloved Wife Why Did He Wed Her? Zenobia's Suitors Sequel to Sweet Love's Atonement Little Nea's Engagement Sequel to Nearest and Dearest For Sale by all Booksellers or will be sent postpaid on receipt of price. A.L. BURT COMPANY PUBLISHERS , 52 Duane Street New York. PREFACE. This story, in book form, has been called for during several years past, but the author has reserved it until now; not only because she considers it to be her very best work, but because it is peculiarly a national novel, being founded on the life and career of one of the noblest of our countrymen, who really lived, suffered, toiled, and triumphed in this land; one whose inspirations of wisdom and goodness were drawn from the examples of the heroic warriors and statesmen of the Revolution, and who having by his own energy risen from the deepest obscurity to the highest fame, became in himself an illustration of the elevating influence of our republican institutions. "In the Depths" he was born indeed—in the very depths of poverty, misery, and humiliation. But through Heaven's blessing on his aspirations and endeavors, he raised himself to the summit of fame. He was good as well as great. His goodness won the love of all who knew him intimately. His greatness gained the homage of the world. He became, in a word, one of the brightest stars in Columbia's diadem of light. His identity will be recognized by those who were familiar with his early personal history; but for obvious reasons his real name must be veiled under a fictitious one here. His life is a guiding-star to the youth of every land, to show them that there is no depth of human misery from which they may not, by virtue, energy and perseverance, rise to earthly honors as well as to eternal glory. EMMA D. E. N. SOUTHWORTH. PROSPECT COTTAGE, GEORGETOWN, D.C. CONTENTS. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX. XX. XXI. XXII. THE SISTERS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT PASSION THE FATAL DEED LOVE AND FATE A SECRET REVEALED MOTHER- AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW END OF THE SECRET MARRIAGE THE VICTIM THE RIVALS THE MARTYRS OF LOVE HERMAN'S STORY THE FLIGHT OF HERMAN OVER NORA'S GRAVE NORA'S SON THE FORSAKEN WIFE THE COUNTESS AND THE CHILD BERENICE NOBODY'S SON NEWS FROM HERMAN ISHMAEL'S ADVENTURE ISHMAEL GAINS HIS FIRST VERDICT XXIII. XXIV. XXV. XXVI. XXVII. XXVIII. XXIX. XXX. XXXI. XXXII. XXXIII. XXXIV. XXXV. XXXVI. XXXVII. XXXVIII. XXXIX. XL. XLI. XLII. XLIII. XLIV. XLV. XLVI. XLVII. XLVIII. XLIX. L. LI. LII. LIII. LIV. LV. LVI. LVII. LVIII. LIX. LX. LXI. LXII. LXIII. LXIV. LXV. LXVI. LXVII. ISHMAEL'S PROGRESS CLAUDIA TO THE RESCUE A TURNING POINT IN ISHMAEL'S LIFE THE FIRE AT BRUDENELL HALL ISHMAEL'S FIRST STEP ON THE LADDER ISHMAEL AND CLAUDIA YOUNG LOVE ISHMAEL AND CLAUDIA ISHMAEL HEARS A SECRET FROM AN ENEMY AT HIS MOTHER'S GRAVE LOVE AND GENIUS UNDER THE OLD ELM TREE THE DREAM AND THE AWAKENING DARKNESS THE NEW HOME ISHMAEL'S STRUGGLES ISHMAEL IN TANGLEWOOD THE LIBRARY CLAUDIA ISHMAEL AT TANGLEWOOD THE HEIRESS CLAUDIA'S PERPLEXITIES THE INTERVIEW NEW LIFE RUSHY SHORE ONWARD STILL ONWARD CLAUDIA'S CITY HOME HEIRESS AND BEAUTY AN EVENING AT THE PRESIDENT'S THE VISCOUNT VINCENT ISHMAEL AT THE BALL A STEP HIGHER TRIAL AND TRIUMPH THE YOUNG CHAMPION HERMAN BRUDENELL FIRST MEETING OF FATHER AND SON HERMAN AND HANNAH ENVY FOILED MALICE THE BRIDE ELECT CLAUDIA'S WOE ISHMAEL'S WOE THE MARRIAGE MORNING BEE'S HANDKERCHIEF ISHMAEL OR, "IN THE DEPTHS." CHAPTER I. THE SISTERS. But if thou wilt be constant then, And faithful of thy word, I'll make thee glorious by my pen And famous by my sword. I'll serve thee in such noble ways Was never heard before; I'll crown and deck thee all with bays, And love thee evermore. —James Graham. "Well, if there be any truth in the old adage, young Herman Brudenell will have a prosperous life; for really this is a lovely day for the middle of April—the sky is just as sunny and the air as warm as if it were June," said Hannah Worth, looking out from the door of her hut upon a scene as beautiful as ever shone beneath the splendid radiance of an early spring morning. "And what is that old adage you talk of, Hannah?" inquired her younger sister, who stood braiding the locks of her long black hair before the cracked looking-glass