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No. 20            =10 Cents=

THE SENATOR'S BRIDE

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MRS. ALEX
McVEIGH MILLER

All Stories Copyrighted
Cannot be had in any
other edition

EAGLE      LIBRARY

STREET
& SMITH
Publishers, New York




EAGLE LIBRARY           NO. 20

A weekly publication devoted to good literature.
By subscription. $5 per year. July 12, 1897
Entered as second-class matter at N. Y. post-office.

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CATALOGUE.

  =16--The Fatal Card. By Haddon Chambers and B. C. Stephenson.=
  =15--Doctor Jack. By St. George Rathborne.=
  14--Violet Lisle. By Bertha M. Clay.
  13--The Little Widow. By Julia Edwards.
  12--Edrie's Legacy. By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon.
  11--The Gypsy's Daughter. By Bertha M. Clay.
  10--Little Sunshine. By Francis S. Smith.
  9--The Virginia Heiress. By May Agnes Flemming.
  8--Beautiful but Poor. By Julia Edwards.
  7--Two Keys. By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon.
  6--The Midnight Marriage. By A. M. Douglas.
  5--The Senator's Favorite. Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller.
  4--For a Woman's Honor. By Bertha M. Clay.
  3--He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not. By Julia Edwards.
  2--Ruby's Reward. By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon.
  1--Queen Bess. By Mrs. Georgie Sheldon.

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THE SENATOR'S BRIDE.

by

Mrs. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER.

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NEW YORK:
STREET & SMITH, Publishers,
31 Rose Street.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1887,
BY STREET & SMITH,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.




THE SENATOR'S BRIDE.




CONTENTS


  CHAPTER I. THE FALL OF A METEOR.
  CHAPTER II. TOO LATE.
  CHAPTER III. "SWEETHEART, GOOD-BY."
  CHAPTER IV. RENUNCIATION
  CHAPTER V. WHAT THE WINNER'S HAND THREW BY.
  CHAPTER VI. LULU.
  CHAPTER VII. "I HATE IT--I HATE HER!"
  CHAPTER VIII. "BUT AS FOR HER, SHE STAID AT HOME."
  CHAPTER IX. "WHEN A WOMAN WILL, SHE WILL."
  CHAPTER X. AT THE CAPITOL.
  CHAPTER XI. "IT MAY BE FOR YEARS, AND IT MAY BE FOREVER."
  CHAPTER XII. "FATE HAS DONE ITS WORST."
  CHAPTER XIII. ON THE OCEAN.
  CHAPTER XIV. "IN HIS HEART CONSENTING TO A PRAYER GONE BY."
  CHAPTER XV. "HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL IN THE HUMAN BREAST."
  CHAPTER XVI. "SMILING AT GRIEF."
  CHAPTER XVII. "TO BE, OR NOT TO BE."
  CHAPTER XVIII. "OTHER REFUGE HAVE I NONE."
  CHAPTER XIX. A NEW YEAR'S GIFT.
  CHAPTER XX. WEDDING CARDS.
  CHAPTER XXI. "RUE."
  CHAPTER XXII. ON TIPTOE FOR A FLIGHT.
  CHAPTER XXIII. IN MEMPHIS.
  CHAPTER XXIV. LULU TO HER MOTHER.
  CHAPTER XXV. THE PATHOS OF A QUIET LIFE.
  CHAPTER XXVI. LULU TO HER MOTHER.
  CHAPTER XXVII