{"id":1327,"date":"2020-04-28T21:57:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T01:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=1327"},"modified":"2022-07-12T15:40:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T15:40:38","slug":"reginalds-fortune","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=1327","title":{"rendered":"Reginald\u2019s Fortune"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1328\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1328\" style=\"width: 188px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/funning.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Reginalds300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1328\" src=\"http:\/\/funning.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Reginalds300-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"Reginald's Fortune\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reginald&#8217;s Fortune<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reginald\u2019s rascally uncle finds himself on the verge of ruin, and conceives of a heartless scheme to tide himself over his financial trouble.<br \/>\nHis plan, to his own surprise, involves several personages not contemplated in the original conception; and as obstacles arise, he is forced to descend to deeper infamy to screen himself from exposure and punishment.<\/p>\n<p>Written by <a href=\"https:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=46\">Mrs. Harriet Newell (O&#8217;Brien) Lewis<\/a> (1841-1878) and first published in serial form in 1869.<br \/>\n40 chapters, 139,000 words.\u00a0Street and Smith Chimney Corner\u00a0 Series Issue No. 116. Reprinted in New Zealand Herald in 1891.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B087TPNXK4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reginald\u2019s Fortune for Kindle at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contents:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I. &#8211; On the Brink of Ruin: A Discontented Wife: The Uncle\u2019s Plot.<\/li>\n<li>II. &#8211; Reginald\u2019s Suspicions; The Lost Purse: A Face at the Window.<\/li>\n<li>III. &#8211; The Office Clerk.<\/li>\n<li>IV. &#8211; The Little Visitor: Guilty Exultation.<\/li>\n<li>V. &#8211; A Frugal Father.<\/li>\n<li>VI. &#8211; \u201cAll Your Wealth Cannot Tempt Me to Do the Deed.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>VII. &#8211; A Providential Visit: Willa Finds a Friend.<\/li>\n<li>VIII. &#8211; A Tempted Man: An Appalling Surprise.<\/li>\n<li>IX. &#8211; Reginald\u2019s Determination.<\/li>\n<li>X. &#8211; Thwarted.<\/li>\n<li>XI. &#8211; Reginald Hears the Family Legends.<\/li>\n<li>XII. &#8211; Interview with Fennes.<\/li>\n<li>XIII. &#8211; True to her betrothed.<\/li>\n<li>XIV. &#8211; Demanding Justice.<\/li>\n<li>XV. &#8211; All Have Need of Mercy.<\/li>\n<li>XVI. &#8211; Mary\u2019s Pleadings Successful.<\/li>\n<li>XVII. &#8211; Fennes\u2019 False Position.<\/li>\n<li>XVIII. &#8211; More Plotting.<\/li>\n<li>XIX. &#8211; The Flight of Seven Years.<\/li>\n<li>XX. &#8211; A Visit to Willa.<\/li>\n<li>XXI. &#8211; \u201cI Live for Your Happiness.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>XXII. &#8211; Mary\u2019s Presentiment.<\/li>\n<li>XXIII. &#8211; The Coming Trial.<\/li>\n<li>XXIV. &#8211; Anxieties and Fears.<\/li>\n<li>XXV. &#8211; The Anonymous Letter.<\/li>\n<li>XXVI. &#8211; The London Lawyer: The Merchant\u2019s Appeal.<\/li>\n<li>XXVII. &#8211; The Missing Papers.<\/li>\n<li>XXVIII. &#8211; Oriana Rescued.<\/li>\n<li>XXIX. &#8211; Another Dupe.<\/li>\n<li>XXX. &#8211; Desperate Alternatives.<\/li>\n<li>XXXI. &#8211; The Confession Gone.<\/li>\n<li>XXXII. &#8211; Mary Hayward in an Unpleasant Situation.<\/li>\n<li>XXXIII. &#8211; Mr. Westcourt has Unexpected Visitors.<\/li>\n<li>XXXIV. &#8211; Invoking Pity.<\/li>\n<li>XXXV. &#8211; The F\u00eate<\/li>\n<li>XXXVI. &#8211; The Elopement.<\/li>\n<li>XXXVII. &#8211; The Captive Discovered.<\/li>\n<li>XXXVIII. &#8211; Mr. Westcourt\u2019s Dismissal.<\/li>\n<li>XXXIX. &#8211; Willa\u2019s Discovery.<\/li>\n<li>XL. &#8211; Love and Peace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reginald\u2019s rascally uncle finds himself on the verge of ruin, and conceives of a heartless scheme to tide himself over his financial trouble. 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