Transcriber's Note:
Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
Inconsistent or incorrect accents and spelling in passages in dialect have been left unchanged.
The figure labeled ["Pallas"] in the text is labeled "Chloe" in the list of illustrations.
A WOMAN RICE PLANTER
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS
ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO
MACMILLAN & CO., Limited
LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA
MELBOURNE
THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd.
TORONTO