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Fair Mystery by Bertha M. Clay
by Loyal Books
(Written by Charlotte M. Brame under the pen name Bertha M. Clay.)Honest Mark Brace is about to lose his farm, land of his ancestors, home to his wife, Patty, and small daughter, Mattie, when out of a dark and stormy night comes the answer to his prayers. A tiny babe, tender and fair, left on their doorstep with a note asking Mark and Patty to bring the child up as their own, to raise it to be good, like themselves, and to accept for their troubles a hundred pounds a year.The farm is saved, and all is peaceful for a while as the beautiful baby, Doris, grows into an even more beautiful child. But as she grows, so too grows her awareness of her own loveliness, of her difference from the humble farmers who raise her. Doris hungers for luxury, jewels and velvet, bright fetes and ardent admirers. Confident that her ethereal beauty and native wit will bring her everything she deserves, she focuses her energies on obtaining these things and sets in motion a chain of events that will break h
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A Voice and a Face in the Night.
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A Fairy Changeling.
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A Daughter of Patricians.
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The Marble Psyche.
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'I want to be just like you.'
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Faithless and Debonair.
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All, All is Vanity.
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The Young Coquette.
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Poet and Gentleman.
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A Wasted Warning.
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The Foster-Sisters.
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Beauty Becomes Immortal.
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'Faithless and debonair.'
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'I will be true--forever.'
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A Betrothal Day.
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A Shining Memory.
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A Woman Averse to Marriage.
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A Prospective Pleasure for Doris.
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'They tell me, child, that you are really promised in marriage.'
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Her Eyes Invited Him.
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'I shall never be a model woman.'
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The Coquette and the Man of the World.
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An Impassioned Wooing.
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The False Lips of Woman.
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The Last Happy Day of His Life.
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How She was Tempted.
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A Woman Resolved.
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The Flight at Midnight.
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A Thorn in the Garden of Roses.
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'I could sooner plunge a dagger in his heart.'
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'I am a man, and I will have justice.'
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There is no True Love Except the Love of a Mother.
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'After so many years of dread has it come at last?'
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'I must tell you my secret.'
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Lady Estelle's Story.
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'He made me believe that I was the whole world to him!'
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The Punishment of Folly.
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A Mother's Confession.
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A Clew at Last.
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'I claim you as my own; I will never release you!'
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'This is your revenge--to humiliate me.'
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The Coquette's Blandishments.
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The Nobleman's Oath.
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An Appeal for Forgiveness.
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A Thunderbolt in a Ducal Palace.
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The Duke's Plan.
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An Important Letter.
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'Welcome, my daughter, to your father's heart.'
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'Only one other person knows my secret.'
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A Nobleman's Generosity.
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(Written by Charlotte M. Brame under the pen name Bertha M. Clay.)Honest Mark Brace is about to lose his farm, land of his ancestors, home to his wife, Patty, and small daughter, Mattie, when out of a dark and stormy night comes the answer to his prayers. A tiny babe, tender and fair, left on their doorstep with a note asking Mark and Patty to bring the child up as their own, to raise it to be good, like themselves, and to accept for their troubles a hundred pounds a year.The farm is saved, and all is peaceful for a while as the beautiful baby, Doris, grows into an even more beautiful child. But as she grows, so too grows her awareness of her own loveliness, of her difference from the humble farmers who raise her. Doris hungers for luxury, jewels and velvet, bright fetes and ardent admirers. Confident that her ethereal beauty and native wit will bring her everything she deserves, she focuses her energies on obtaining these things and sets in motion a chain of events that will break h
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