Secret Marriage Author:Kathleen Norris "Pretty young Mary Burleigh said "yes" when Calvin Tait proposed to her. She was only nineteen, and it was the first time any man had asked to marry her. She didn't know surely whether she loved him or not, but she desperately needed comfort and a helping hand because the death of her mother left her as the responsible head of a large and pennil... more »ess family. Mary was to regret that decision bitterly. First, both she and Cal agreed that their marriage had best be kept secret, for he wasn't earning enough to support a wife and she was determined to keep the Burleigh family together and get the debts paid off. But the day Mary met Jeffery Maclean she knew beyond a doubt what real love meant... To be nineteen and in love and married to the wrong man is a tragic burden... But Mary had courage and a great heart. She took every licking that fate handed out, and came up smiling and working harder."« less