EDWARD D. NEILL.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[7]
II.[16]
III.[24]
IV.[32]
V.[38]
VI. A COINCIDENCE.[45]
VII. ANDREW TULLY.[49]
VIII. A WOLF STORY.[62]
IX. RED RIVER OR SELKIRK SETTLEMENT.[68]
X. RUNNING THE GAUNTLET.[74]
XI.[80]
XII. CINCINNATI.[91]
XIII. NEW HOME—SCHOOL DAYS.[99]
XIV. FATHER'S DEATH, ETC.[105]
XV.[110]
XVI.[125]
XVII.[131]
XVIII. MALCOLM CLARK.[148]
XIX.[157]
XX.[161]
XXI.[167]
XXII. THE GOLDEN WEDDING.[173]

"Three Score Years and Ten."

CHAPTER I.

One evening long ago, when this wonderful century, now in a vigorous old age, had just passed its nineteenth birthday, in a bright, cheerful sitting-room in the good old city of Hartford, Conn., sat a fair young matron beside a cradle in which lay sleeping a beautiful boy a year and a half old. The gentle motion of her little slippered foot on the rocker, keeping time with the soft humming of a cradle hymn; the work-basket near by; and the dainty needle work in her hand; the table tastefully spread for two, and the clear wood fire in the old-fashioned fireplace, formed as restful a picture of domestic peace and content as one could wish to see.