The IRON RULE;

OR, TYRANNY IN THE HOUSEHOLD.

BY T. S. ARTHUR,

AUTHOR OF "LOVE IN HIGH LIFE," "LOVE IN A COTTAGE," "MARY MORETON; OR,
THE BROKEN PROMISE," "AGNES; OR, THE POSSESSED," "INSUBORDINATION,"
"LUCY SANDFORD," "THE ORPHAN CHILDREN," "THE DEBTOR'S DAUGHTER," "THE
DIVORCED WIFE," "PRIDE AND PRUDENCE," "THE TWO MERCHANTS," "CECILIA
HOWARD," "THE BANKER'S WIFE," ETC. COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME.

Philadelphia:

1853






THE IRON RULE;

OR, TYRANNY IN THE HOUSEHOLD.

CHAPTER I.