His Hearts Queen

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His Heart's Queen, by Mrs. Georgie Sheldon

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Title: His Heart's Queen
Author: Mrs. Georgie Sheldon
Release Date: September 12, 2006 [EBook #19259]
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HIS HEART'S QUEEN
By MRS. GEORGIE SHELDON
Author of
"Dorothy's Jewels," "Earl Wayne's Nobility," "The False and the True," "Helen's Victory," "Tina," "Trixy," etc.

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Copyright 1890, 1903 By Street & Smith
A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers New York

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Transcriber's Note: Variant spellings, particularly bowlder (boulder), clew (clue) and vail (veil), have been retained. Also, the Table of Contents was missing so it has been created.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.
CHAPTER II.
V. D. H. IS CLAIMED BY HER FRIENDS.
CHAPTER III.
WILLFUL VIOLET HAS HER OWN WAY.
CHAPTER IV.
A PARTING SOUVENIR.
CHAPTER V.
VIOLET ASSERTS HERSELF.
CHAPTER VI.
A CONFESSION AND ITS REPLY.
CHAPTER VII.
"HE IS MY AFFIANCED HUSBAND."
CHAPTER VIII.
"I'LL BREAK HER WILL!"
CHAPTER IX.
VIOLET BECOMES A PRISONER.
CHAPTER X.
"YOU WILL BE TRUE THOUGH THE OCEAN DIVIDES US."
CHAPTER XI.
"DEATH HAS RELEASED YOU FROM YOUR PROMISE."
CHAPTER XII.
"YOU HAVE GIVEN YOUR PROMISE AND YOU MUST STAND BY IT."
CHAPTER XIII.
THE DAY IS SET FOR VIOLET'S MARRIAGE.
CHAPTER XIV.
"THERE WILL BE NO WEDDING TO-DAY"
CHAPTER XV.
"SHE IS MY WIFE."
CHAPTER XVI.
"I MUST FIND HER--I MUST FOLLOW HER."
CHAPTER XVII.
LORD CAMERON AND WALLACE BECOME FIRM FRIENDS.
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE FACE AT THE WINDOW.
CHAPTER XIX.
A RETROSPECTIVE GLANCE.
CHAPTER XX.
VIOLET RETURNS TO AMERICA.
CHAPTER XXI.
VIOLET MAKES AN ENGAGEMENT.
CHAPTER XXII.
VIOLET AND HER UNRULY PUPIL.
CHAPTER XXIII.
VIOLET GAINS A SIGNAL VICTORY.
CHAPTER XXIV.
VIOLET MEETS WITH AN ACCIDENT.

HIS HEART'S QUEEN
CHAPTER I.
A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.
Just at sunset, one bright spring day, the car that plies up and down the inclined plane leading from the foot of Main street up the hills to the Zoological Gardens, of Cincinnati, started to make the ascent with its load of precious human freight.
The car was full of passengers, though not crowded, while among the occupants there were several young people, whose bright faces and animated manner bespoke how light of heart and free from care they were--what a gladsome, delightful place the world seemed to them.
One young lady, who was seated about midway upon one side of the car, attracted especial attention.
She was, perhaps, seventeen years of age, slight and graceful in form, with a lovely, piquant face, merry blue eyes, and a wealth of curling golden hair, that clustered about her white forehead in bewitching little rings.
She was richly dressed in a charming costume of tan-brown, trimmed with a darker shade of the same color. Upon her head she wore a jaunty hat of fine brown straw, with a wreath of pink apple-blossoms partially encircling it, and fastened on one side with a pretty bow of glossy satin ribbon, also of brown. A dainty pair of bronze boots incased her small feet, and her hands were faultlessly gloved in long suede gauntlets. A small, brown velvet bag, with silver clasps, hung at her side, and in her lap lay an elegant music-roll of Russian leather.
Everything about her indicated that she