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Title: Capitola the Madcap

Author: Emma D. E. N. Southworth

Posting Date: May 19, 2009 [EBook #3792]
Release Date: February, 2003
First Posted: September 11, 2001

Language: English

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CAPITOLA THE MADCAP

PART II OF

THE HIDDEN HAND

BY

MRS. EMMA D. E. N. SOUTHWORTH

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. The Orphan's Trial
II. Old Hurricane Storms
III. Cap's Visit to the Hidden House
IV. The Hidden Hollow
V. The Hidden House
VI. The Inmate of the Hidden House
VII. Cap's Return
VIII. Another Mystery at the Hidden House
IX. Cap Frees the Captive
X. Cap in Captivity
XI. An Unexpected Visitor at Marsh's Cottage
XII. Cap "Rests on her Laurels" and "Spoils for a Fight"
XIII. Black Donald
XIV. Glory
XV. Cap Captivates a Craven
XVI. Cap's Rage
XVII. Capitola Caps the Climax
XVIII. Black Donald's Last Attempt
XIX. The Awful Peril of Capitola
XX. The Next Morning
XXI. A Fatal Hatred
XXII. The Court-Martial
XXIII. The Verdict
XXIV. The End of the War
XXV. The Fortunate Bath
XXVI. The Mysterious Maniac
XXVII. The Maniac's Story
XXVIII. End of the Lady's Story
XXIX. Prospects Brighten
XXX. Capitola a Capitalist
XXXI. "There shall be light at the eventide."--Holy Bible

CAPITOLA THE MADCAP
SEQUEL TO
THE HIDDEN HAND

CHAPTER I.

THE ORPHAN'S TRIAL

"We met ere yet the world had come
To wither up the springs of youth,
Amid the holy joys of home,
And in the first warm blush of youth.
We parted as they never part,
Whose tears are doomed to be forgot;
Oh, by what agony of heart.
Forget me not!--forget me not!"

--Anonymous.

At nine o'clock the next morning Traverse went to the library to keep