title: Beneath the Willow: Short Stories
author: Annie Jones Holmes
description: Annie Jones Holmes (author, playwright, writer, orator, actress, vocalist) Praise be to God for the expanse of years taken to establish this series of plays or novel. Her native home is Marion, Alabama, where she was educated in the public elementary and high school system. Annie furthered her studies in business office administration in Chicago. She had a career tenor of eleven years as executive administrative assistant to Midwest Territorial manager, Chicago, Illinois, in 2007. Annie's love for writing began at the age of eight years. She is now retired and resides in Helena, Alabama, with her husband, Willie.
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  # Bessie's Fortune
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Mary J. Holmes
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
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  BESSIE'S FORTUNE.
  
  
  PART I.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER I. THE JERROLDS OF BOSTON.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER II. GREY JERROLD.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER III. LUCY.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER IV. THANKSGIVING DAY AT GREY'S PARK.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER V. THE OLD MAN AND THE BOY.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VI. MISS BETSEY McPHERSON
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VII. THE DINNER, AT WHICH BESSIE IS
  
  
  INTRODUCED.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VIII. AFTER THE DINNER.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER IX. THE HORROR AT THE FARM-HOUSE.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER X. THE INTERVIEW.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XI. AT THE OLD MAN'S BEDSIDE.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XII. THE STORY.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XIII. FACING IT.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XIV. THE EFFECT OF THE STORY.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XV. GREY AND THE SECRET.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XVI. EXPECTING BESSIE.
  
  
  PART II.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER I. STONELEIGH.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER II. THE McPHERSONS.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER III. AT MONTE CARLO.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER IV. LITTLE BESSIE.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER V. AT PENRHYN PARK.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER V