Preface

ETHELYN'S

MISTAKE

BY

MRS. MARY J. HOLMES

AUTHOR OF"MILDRED; OR, THE CHILD OF ADOPTION,""MISS

MC'DONALD,""TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE,""ENGLISH

ORPHANS,""EDITH LYLE'S SECRET,""THE

LEIGHTON HOMESTEAD,""MILLBANK;

OR, ROGER IRVING'S WARD,"ETC.

MARY J. HOLMES SERIES

UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME

By MARY J. HOLMES

Aikenside.

Lena Rivers.

Bad Hugh.

Maggie Miller.

Cousin Maude.

Marion Grey.

Darkness and Daylight.

Meadow Brook.

Dora Deane.

Mildred; or, The Child of Adoption.

Edith Lyle's Secret.

Millbank; or, Roger Irving's Ward.

English Orphans, The.

Miss McDonald.

Ethelyn's Mistake.

Rector of St. Marks, The.

Family Pride.

Rosamond.

Homestead on the Hillside, The.

Rose Mather.

Hugh Worthington.

Tempest and Sunshine.

Leighton Homestead, The.

Price, postpaid, 50c. each, or any three books for $1.25

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. ETHELYN.

II. THE VAN BUREN SET.

III. RICHARD MARKHAM.

IV. THE BRIDAL.

V. THE HONEYMOON.

VI. MRS. MARKHAM'S WAYS.

VII. GETTING HOME.

VIII. ANDY.

IX. DINNER, AND AFTER IT.

X. FIRST DAYS IN OLNEY.

XI. CALLS AND VISITING.

XII. SOCIETY.

XIII. GOING TO WASHINGTON.

XIV. THE FIRST DAY OF RICHARD'S ABSENCE.

XV. ANDY TRIES TO FIND THE ROOT OF THE MATTER.

XVI. WASHINGTON.

XVII. RICHARD'S HEIR.

XVIII. DAYS OF CONVALESCENCE.

XIX. COMING TO A CRISIS.

XX. THE CRISIS.

XXI. THE RESULT.

XXII. ETHIE'S LETTERS.

XXIII. THE DESERTED HUSBAND.

XXIV. THE INVESTIGATION.

XXV. IN CHICOPEE.

XXVI. WATCHING AND WAITING.

XXVII. AFFAIRS AT OLNEY.

XXVIII. THE GOVERNOR.

XXIX. AFTER YEARS OF WAITING.

XXX. ETHIE'S STORY.

XXXI. MRS. DR. VAN BUREN.

XXXII. CLIFTON.

XXXIII. THE OCCUPANT OF NO. 102.

XXXIV. IN RICHARD'S ROOM.

XXXV. MRS. PETER PRY TAKES A PACK.

XXXVI. IN DAVENPORT.

XXXVII. AT HOME.

XXXVIII. RICHARD AND ETHELYN.

XXXIX. RECONCILIATION.

ETHELYN'S MISTAKE