Thomas Adams marries Eva Poindexter.

But who is Thomas Adams?
You have not mentioned him in this history." "Not unless he was the child who was held aloft over Evelyn's grave." "Humph! That seems rather far-fetched.

What did you learn about him in Montgomery?
Is he known there ?" "As well as any stranger can be who spends his time in courting a young girl.

He came to Montgomery a few months ago, from some foreign city--Paris, I think--and, being gifted with every personal charm calculated to please a cultivated young woman, speedily won the affections of Eva Poindexter, and also the esteem of her father.

But their favorable opinion is not shared by every one in the town.