COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY CLARA LOUISE BURNHAM
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published April 1916

TO
C.T.R.
WITH LOVING AND GRATEFUL MEMORIES
OF JOCKEY HILL


Contents

I. [At the South Shore] 1
II. [Hot Tea] 10
III. [Cold Water] 25
IV. [The June Night] 44
V. [The Cape] 57
VI. [The Shingled Cottage] 73
VII. [The Days that Followed] 94
VIII. [A Business Interview] 109
IX. [Correspondence] 122
X. [The Spell Breaks] 134
XI. [Eastward Ho!] 145
XII. [En Route] 160
XIII. [Home-Coming] 174
XIV. [Blanche Aurora] 189
XV. [The Harbor] 201
XVI. [The Voice of Truth] 218
XVII. [The Rainbow] 231
XVIII. [The Pink Dress] 247
XIX. [The Wild Rose] 261
XX. [Behind the Birches] 278
XXI. [Revelation] 293
XXII. [The Penitent] 306
XXIII. [A Good Neighbor] 321
XXIV. [Whitcomb's Confession] 335
XXV. [The Man and the Maid] 350
XXVI [A Diplomatist] 366
XXVII. [The Full Moon] 379

Instead of the Thorn


CHAPTER I