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\u201cAudrey\u2019s Recompense\u201d depicts the lives of Audrey Waldemar and her young charge Richmond whom she rescues from a life of poverty and hardship.
\nWritten by “Mrs. Georgie Sheldon<\/a>” (Sarah Elizabeth Forbush Downs 1843\u20131926), it was published in 1885-1886 newspaper serial form as \u201cAudrey\u2019s Recompense\u201d and also under the title \u201cAfter Many Days.\u201d
\nTranscribed and edited by Jeffrey Merrow from the 1886 A. L. Burt print edition.<\/p>\n

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Chapters:<\/strong>
\nI. – What Audrey Found.
\nII. – The Dawn of a Better Life.
\nIII. – Cupid\u2019s Conquest.
\nIV. – \u201cAm I Misleading Her?\u201d
\nV. – How the Night Was Passed.
\nVI. – A Dreadful Alternative.
\nVII. – A Painful Interview.
\nVIII. – Upon the Altar of a Dead Heart.
\nIX. – A Victory for Rich.
\nX. – The Little Hoyden\u2019s Lesson.
\nXI. – A Rescue and a Proposal.
\nXII. – A Grateful Invalid.
\nXIII. – \u201cSo Near, and Yet So Far.\u201d
\nXIV. – A Young Man\u2019s Plans.
\nXV. – \u201cI Wonder Who She Is.\u201d
\nXVI. – The Blue-Eyed Maiden.
\nXVII. – Protection From the Law.
\nXVIII. – A Floral Offering.
\nXIX. – Rich Strikes Out.
\nXX. – An Agreeable Surprise.
\nXXI. – An Independent Spirit.
\nXXII. – Shattered Hopes.
\nXXIII. – A Woman\u2019s Warning.
\nXXIV. – A Painful Revelation.
\nXXV. – \u201cTrust and Wait\u201d
\nXXVI. – An Unexpected Meeting.
\nXXVII. – The Father\u2019s Appeal.
\nXXVIII. – A Little Experience in Surgery.
\nXXIX. – Miss Starkey Becomes Mysterious.
\nXXX. – \u201cWhat a Grand Man He Must Be!\u201d
\nXXXI. – Out of the Jaws of Death.
\nXXXII. – Aunt Martha Tells a Story.
\nXXXIII. – New Plans Proposed.
\nXXXIV. – Mr. Starkey\u2019s Architecture.
\nXXXV. – An Old-Fashioned Picnic.
\nXXXVI. – A Treacherous Deed.
\nXXXVII. – The Meeting in the Library.
\nXXXVIII. – The Nurse\u2019s Story.
\nXXXIX. – Audrey\u2019s Recompense.
\nXL. – The Union of Hearts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cAudrey\u2019s Recompense\u201d depicts the lives of Audrey Waldemar and her young charge Richmond whom she rescues from a life of poverty and hardship. Written by “Mrs. Georgie Sheldon” (Sarah Elizabeth Forbush Downs 1843\u20131926), it was published in 1885-1886 newspaper serial form as \u201cAudrey\u2019s Recompense\u201d and also under the title \u201cAfter Many Days.\u201d Transcribed and edited … Continue reading Audrey\u2019s Recompense<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-222","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=222"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1806,"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/222\/revisions\/1806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/funning.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}