The Two Wives - Or, Lost and Won

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Two Wives, by T. S. Arthur 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: The Two Wives or, Lost and Won Author: T. S. Arthur Posting Date: August 18, 2009 [EBook #4621] Release Date: November, 2003 First Posted: February 20, 2002 Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TWO WIVES *** Produced by Charles Aldarondo. HTML version by Al Haines. THE TWO WIVES; OR, LOST AND WON. BY T. S. ARTHUR. PHILADELPHIA: 1851. I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII PREFACE. THE story of the "Two Wives; or, Lost and Won," is intended to show the power of tender, earnest, self-forgetting love, in winning back from the path of danger a husband whose steps have strayed, and who has approached the very brink of ruin; and, by contrast, to exhibit the sad consequences flowing from a want of these virtues under like circumstances. This book is the third in the Series of "ARTHUR'S LIBRARY FOR THE HOUSEHOLD." The fourth, which is nearly ready, will be called "THE WAYS OF PROVIDENCE; OR, HE DOETH ALL THINGS WELL." THE TWO WIVES. OR, LOST AND WON CHAPTER I. "YOU are not going out, John?" said Mrs.