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THE METROPOLIS FROWNS. After the nuptial night, Paul disappeared from the knowledge of men. Ouida and Horatio Nugent took up their lives together. New York society indulged in a spasm of virtuous ind…
DOANE’S EXQUISITE VENGEANCE. One day shortly after Ouida and Nugent had taken up their residence in the slums, Mr. Connors, who had now become a power in directing the political destinies of the coun…
OUIDA’S WELCOME VISITORS. Mr. Connors, while awaiting Doane’s departure from the house of Ouida, happened, accidentally, to brush into Olivia Winters. “My friend, the politician,” she said, shaking h…
LAWYER SALMON MEETS DEFEAT. The day on which Doane and the two sweet friends visited Ouida was a fateful one. On that same day Lawyer Salmon had a most eventful conversation with his daughter Marie. …
SALE OF “THE MODERN HERCULES.” Almost immediately after Olivia Winters and Mr. Connors had departed Horatio Nugent returned to Ouida’s presence. “I have just seen Marie Salmon and Milton Royle,” said…
THE BEGINNING OF REDEMPTION. Paul Strogoff’s sorrow had ennobled him, and, though the opportunity came to him to humiliate those who had wronged him, no man, born of woman, could have acted [Pg 97] …
DOANE TOASTS DISEASE. Doane, Connors, Salmon and Wayland were all members of the Union League Club, and spent much of their time amid its comfortable, enticing environments. There is a common opinion…
THE CURSE FALLS. The vague fear which outlined itself in the mind of the club men, had taken shape, and New York was in the grip of the most dreadful epidemic that had ever scourged the Metropolis. T…
THE LAWYER SURRENDERS. Among those who felt the touch of the awful disease was Edward Salmon, the lawyer. For days it had its strong clutch upon him, but he battled bravely, and Marie and Milton were…
PAUL FOLLOWS CHRIST.—THE END. Paul Strogoff had developed a peculiar philosophy since Ouida had sent him into grief. Though singularly fortunate as far as this world goes, though young, though of lus…
