FOR THE MAJOR

A Novelette

BY
CONSTANCE FENIMORE WOOLSON
AUTHOR OF "ANNE"
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE
1883

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1883, by
HARPER & BROTHERS,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
All rights reserved.

CONTENTS
[Chapter I.]
[Chapter II.]
[Chapter III.]
[Chapter IV.]
[Chapter V.]
[Chapter VI.]
[Chapter VII.]
[Chapter VIII.]
[Chapter IX.]
ILLUSTRATIONS.
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"SARA HAD PREFERRED TO WALK." [Frontispiece.]
"'HAPPY GIRL,' INTERPOLATED SARA." To face p.[8]
"HE CAME OFTEN TO THEIR FLOWER GARDEN." "[94]
"THE GIRL DREW HER MOTHER MORE CLOSELY TO HER SIDE.""[126]
"THE LAST LOOK ON EARTH." "[144]
"I AM AFRAID, MAJOR, THAT YOU ARE GROWING INDOLENT." "[176]