{"id":1795,"date":"2026-08-22T21:25:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T21:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=1795"},"modified":"2026-08-23T02:59:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T02:59:54","slug":"aletas-terrible-secret","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/funning.me\/?page_id=1795","title":{"rendered":"Aleta’s Terrible Secret"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cI could not marry you with the weight of a terrible secret on my heart, and the time has now come when I must tell you the truth, which I have been hiding from my friends ever since I came here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written by Laura Jean Libbey<\/a> (1862\u20131925) and copyright 1894 by Laura Jean Libbey. Transcribed and edited by Jeffrey Merrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

23 Chapters, 194 pages, 47,400 words<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chapters:<\/strong>
I. \u201cI Will Give You Just One Minute to Decide.\u201d
II. \u201cI Must See the Bride Elect!\u201d
III. \u201cThat is My Answer!\u201d Cried Aleta.
IV. The Missing Bridegroom.
V. On the Other Side of That Closed Door.
VI. It Would Have Been a Terrible Mistake.
VII. A Fatal Sleigh-Ride.
VIII. \u201cIf I Had Never Known You\u2014\u201d
IX. Had She Known How It Was to End.
X. The Betrothal.
XI. Isabel\u2019s Brain Concocts a Cruel Scheme.
XII. Jealousy is Bitter to Bear.
XIII. \u201cMy Betrothed has Gone to the Picnic with Another.\u201d
XIV. For a Little While They Were Happy.
XV. \u201cThe Marriage Must Be Prevented.\u201d
XVI. \u201cCan Nothing Induce You to Forego This Mad\u2014\u201d
XVII. He Dared Not Offer His Bride One Kiss.
XVIII. Isabel Entreats Aleta to Make a Confidant of Her.
XIX. Do Dreams Always Come True.
XX. \u201cI Must Set Aleta Free.\u201d
XXI. \u201cI Will Not Be Jealous of Her.\u201d
XXII. \u201cThis Roof Cannot Shelter Us Both.\u201d
XXIII. \u201cThey Have Gone\u2014Together!\u201d
XXIV. A Case of Brain Fever.
XXV. Her Heart Cries Out for Phillip.
XXVI. How Lonely and Bitter is a Life of Toil.
XXVII. The Fatal Lilac Walk.
XXVIII. When the Whole World Goes Wrong.
XXIX. \u201cWithout You a Paradise Would be Dark and\u2014\u201d
XXX. Two More Wretched Beings Never Dwelt Under\u2014
XXXI. \u201cTell Me the Sad Secret of Your Life.\u201d
XXXII. Aleta\u2019s Pitiful Tale is Told Too Late.
XXXIII. \u201cShe Has Won Him at the Price of Her Soul.\u201d
XXXIV. \u201cI Have Just Met Archie Denning!\u201d
XXXV. \u201cDo Not Drive Me to Desperation!\u201d
XXXVI. \u201cYour Message Was Too Late.\u201d
XXXVII. \u201cThe Most Tragic Sorrow the Heart Can Know.\u201d
XXXVIII. \u201cHow Could I Marry One Lover While My\u2014\u201d
XXXIX. The Room That Held a Secret.
XL. A Mystery in the Night.
XLI. A Pitiful Elopement.
XLII. \u201cHeaven Will Be Kind to You\u2014\u201d
XLIII. \u201cOver the Cliff\u2014To Death!\u201d
XLIV. \u201cA First Love is a Woman\u2019s Life.\u201d
XLV. Which Woman Should He Save?
XLVI. Aleta Wrongfully Accused.
XLVII. Aleta\u2019s Strange Exposure.
XLVIII. Heaven Intended Her for Another.
XLIX. A Refuge at Last.
L. \u201cYou Want to Live to Marry Phillip?\u201d
LI. Her Bridal Morn.
LII. \u201cLearn to Forget Me.\u201d
LIII. Conclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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