Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by

DAPHNE 8. GILES,

If the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of

New York.

R. CRAIGHEAD, Printer and Stereotyper,

58 Vesey St., N. Y.

Every incident of this work may be

relied upon, as the author is not a Novel reader, nor a Novel writer.