Her Renunciation

Overwork at her art had undermined Miriam Drayton's health, and the doctor recommended sea air. In a fishing village she boarded with an old couple whose granddaughter, Lucy Joyce, was a cri... Read allOverwork at her art had undermined Miriam Drayton's health, and the doctor recommended sea air. In a fishing village she boarded with an old couple whose granddaughter, Lucy Joyce, was a cripple. The old folks consented to pose for Miriam, thinking thus to earn money for Lucy's o... Read allOverwork at her art had undermined Miriam Drayton's health, and the doctor recommended sea air. In a fishing village she boarded with an old couple whose granddaughter, Lucy Joyce, was a cripple. The old folks consented to pose for Miriam, thinking thus to earn money for Lucy's operation, so that she might walk again. Miriam's sweetheart, Spencer, came to visit her, a... Read all