Chapter 10. The Master : * "Unveiling a Parallel", by Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Merchant [1893], p. 129 CHAPTER 10. THE MASTER. "I spoke as I saw. I report, as a man may report God's work--all's Love, yet all's Law."--BROWNING. I have spoken of Ariadne, and promised to re-introduce her to you. You will remember her...
Chapter 6. Cupid's Gardens : * "Unveiling a Parallel", by Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Merchant [1893], p. 72 CHAPTER 6. CUPID'S GARDENS. "O, in what sweets dost thou thy sins enclose."--SHAKESPEARE. DURING the time that intervened before the arrival of the Caskians, to make their proposed visit, I gleaned many more...
Chapter 3. The Auroras Annual : * "Unveiling a Parallel", by Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Merchant [1893], p. 33 CHAPTER 3. THE AURORAS ANNUAL. IT was winter, and snow was on the ground; white and sparkling, and as light as eider-down. Elodia kept a fine stable. Four magnificent white horses were harnessed to her sleigh...
Chapter 9. Journeying Upward : * "Unveiling a Parallel", by Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Merchant [1893], p. 111 CHAPTER 9. JOURNEYING UPWARD. "The old order changeth, giving place to the new, And God fulfils himself in many ways."--TENNYSON. MY conversation with Elodia had the effect of crystallizing my nebulous plans...
Chapter 2. A Woman : * "Unveiling a Parallel", by Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Merchant [1893], p. 15 CHAPTER 2. A WOMAN. "Her face so fair, as flesh it seemed not, But hevenly portrait of bright angels hew, Clear as the skye withouten blame or blot, Through goodly mixture of complexion's dew; And in her cheeks...
Chapter 5. The Vaporizer : * "Unveiling a Parallel", by Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Merchant [1893], p. 61 CHAPTER 5. THE VAPORIZER. "Portable ecstasies... corked up in a pint bottle."--DE QUINCEY. I was glad when spring came, when the trees began to bud, the grass to grow, the flowers to bloom; for, of all the seasons...
Chapter 8. A Talk With Elodia : * "Unveiling a Parallel", by Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Merchant [1893], p. 92 CHAPTER 8. A TALK WITH ELODIA. "It behoveth us also to consider the nature of him that offendeth." --SENECA. The longer I delayed my visit to Caskia, the more difficult it became for me to tear myself away...
Chapter 1. A Remarkable Acquaintance : * "Unveiling a Parallel", by Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Merchant [1893], p. 1 CHAPTER 1. A REMARKABLE ACQUAINTANCE. "A new person is to me always a great event, and hinders me from sleep."--EMERSON. YOU know how certain kinds of music will beat everything out of your consciousness except...
Chapter 7. New Friends : * "Unveiling a Parallel", by Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Merchant [1893], p. 86 CHAPTER 7 NEW FRIENDS. "Having established his equality with class after class, of those with whom he would live well, he still finds certain others, before whom he cannot possess himself, because they have...
Chapter 4. Elodia : * "Unveiling a Parallel", by Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Merchant [1893], p. 50 CHAPTER 4. ELODIA. "If to her lot some female errors fall, Look to her face and you'll forget them all."--POPE. MY contempt for Elodia vanished at the first intimation of her presence. I had expected to meet her...
Title Page : * "Unveiling a Parallel", by Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Merchant [1893], UNVEILING A PARALLEL A ROMANCE By ALICE ILGENFRITZ JONES And ELLA MERCHANT Boston: Arena Publishing Company. [1893] Scanned , August 2007. Proofed and formatted by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public dom...
Chapter 11. A Comparison : * "Unveiling a Parallel", by Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella Merchant [1893], p. 146 CHAPTER 11. A COMPARISON. "He who rests on what he is, has a destiny above destiny, and can make mouths at fortune."--EMERSON. "Work out your own salvation."--ST. PAUL. I HAD a feeling, when I retired to my room...