NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1901

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
ISOMETHING EXCITING[1]
IITHE NEW-COMER[16]
IIIMARY'S VIEW[34]
IVEARLY IN THE MORNING[50]
VTHE PICNIC[67]
VIAT THE HOTEL[89]
VIITHE MYSTERY, AND WHAT CAME OF IT[105]
VIIITHE CIRCUS[122]
IXTHE LONELY ROAD[140]
XALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL[158]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

READING CLARICE'S LETTER[Frontispiece]
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MISS CLARICE PACKARD RUSTLED INTO HER FATHER'S PEW[27]
ON THE WAY TO THE PICNIC[63]
EACH CAME FORWARD AND SHOOK CLARICE'S GLOVED HAND SOLEMNLY[79]
"MARY AND I HAVE PARTED—PARTED FOREVER"[113]
AT THE CIRCUS[137]
MARY STATIONED HERSELF AT THE WINDOW[145]

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