Self-Raised

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Title: Self-Raised
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SELF-RAISED OR FROM THE DEPTHS
BY MRS. E. D. E. N. SOUTHWORTH

CONTENTS

I. RECOVERY II. HERMAN AND ISHMAEL III. FATHER AND
SON IV. BEE V. SECOND LOVE VI. AT WOODSIDE VII. AT
TANGLEWOOD VIII. WHY CLAUDIA WAS ALONE IX.
HOLIDAY X. ISHMAEL AT BRUDENELL XI. THE PROFESSOR
OF ODD JOBS XII. THE JOURNEY XIII. LADY VINCENT'S
RECEPTION XIV. ROMANCE AND REALITY XV. CASTLE
CRAGG XVI. FAUSTINA XVII. THE PLOT AGAINST CLAUDIA
XVIII. IN THE TRAITOR'S TOILS XIX. CLAUDIA'S TROUBLES
AND PERILS XX. A LINK IN CLAUDIA'S FATE XXI. NEWS FOR
ISHMAEL XXII. ISHMAEL'S VISIT TO BEE XXIII. HANNAH'S
HAPPY PROGNOSTICS XXIV. THE JOURNEY XXV. THE
VOYAGE XXVI. THE STORM XXVII. THE WRECK XXVIII. A
DISCOVERY XXIX. A DEEP ONE XXX. A NIGHT OF HORROR
XXXI. THE CASTLE VAULT XXXII. THE END OF CLAUDIA'S
PRIDE XXXIII. THE COUNTESS OF HURSTMONCEUX, 259
XXXIV. THE RESCUE, 273 XXXV. A FATHER'S VENGEANCE,
283 XXXVI. ON THE VISCOUNT'S TRACK, 296 XXXVII. STILL
ON THE TRACK, 306 XXXVIII. CLAUDIA AT CAMERON
COURT, 317 XXXIX. SUSPENSE, 327 XL. FATHER AND

DAUGHTER, 333 XLI. ARREST OF LORD VINCENT AND
FAUSTINA, 345 XLII. A BITTER NIGHT, 357 XLIII. FRUITS OF
CRIME, 367 XLIV. NEMESIS, 378 XLV. THE VISCOUNT'S FALL,
392 XLVI. THE FATE OF THE VISCOUNT, 399 XLVII. THE
EXECUTION, 410 XLVIII. NEWS FOR CLAUDIA, 419 XLIX. THE
FATE OF FAUSTINA, 433 L. LADY HURSTMONCEUX'S
REVELATION, 439 LI. ISHMAEL'S ERRAND, 449 LII. THE
MEETING OF THE SEVERILD PAIR, 466 LIII. HOME AGAIN, 475
LIV. WHICH IS THE BRIDE? 486 LV. CONCLUSION, 494

CHAPTER I
.
RECOVERY.
Something I know. Oft, shall it come about When every heart is full of
hope for man, The horizon straight is darkened, and a doubt Clouds all.
The work the youth so well began Wastes down, and by some deed of
shame is finished. Ah, yet we will not be dismayed: What seemed the
triumph of the Fiend at length Might be the effort of some dying devil,
Permitted to put forth his fullest strength To loose it all forever!
--_Owen Meredith._

Awful as the anguish of his parting with Claudia had been, it was not
likely that Ishmael, with his strength of intellect and will, would long
succumb to despair. It was not in Claudia's power to make his life quite
desolate; how could it be so while Bee cared for him?
Bee had loved Ishmael as long as Ishmael had loved Claudia. She had
loved him when he was a boy at school; when he was a young country
teacher; when he was a law-student; and she loved him now that he was
a successful barrister. This love, founded in esteem and honor, had
constantly deepened and strengthened. In loving Ishmael, she found
mental and spiritual development; and in being near him and doing him
good she found comfort and happiness. And being perfectly satisfied
with the present, Bee never gave a thought to the future. That she
tacitly left, where it belongs, to God.
Or if at times, on perceiving Ishmael's utter obliviousness of her own
kindly presence and his perfect devotion to the thankless Claudia, Bee

felt a pang, she went and buried herself with domestic duties, or played
with the children in the nursery, or what was better still, if it happened
to be little Lu's "sleepy time" she would take her baby-sister up to her
own room, sit down and fold her to her breast and rock and sing her