ST. ELMO

BY

AUGUSTA J. EVANS

Author of "Beulah," "Macaria," "At the Mercy of Tiberius" "Infelice"
Etc., Etc.


"Ah! the true rule is--a true wife in her husband's house is his
servant; it is in his heart that she is queen. Whatever of the best
he can conceive, it is her part to be; whatever of the highest he
can hope, it is hers to promise; all that is dark in him she must
purge into purity, all that is failing in him she must strengthen
into truth; from her, through all the world's clamor, he must win
his praise; in her, through all the world's warfare, he must find
his peace."--JOHN RUSKIN.





TO

J. C. DERBY,

IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF MANY YEARS OF KIND AND FAITHFUL FRIENDSHIP,
THESE PAGES ARE