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JOHN VANDERCOOK
CONTENTS
PART I | ||
| HIS FIRST WIFE | ||
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Departure | [3] |
| II. | The Voice of the Turtle | [22] |
| III. | "Peachy" | [34] |
| IV. | "Even so, Love, even so! Whither thou goest, I will go." | [52] |
| V. | The Return | [70] |
PART II | ||
| HIS SECOND WIFE | ||
| VI. | Reconstruction | [77] |
| VII. | "Em'ly Dunham" | [92] |
| VIII. | The Female Delegation | [100] |
| IX. | "The tides of love and laughter run Increasing aye from sun to sun" | [107] |
| X. | The Revelation | [116] |
| XI. | Following His Advice | [126] |
| XII. | A Light in Darkness | [136] |
| XIII. | The Surprise Party | [144] |
PART III | ||
| HIS THIRD WIFE | ||
| XIV. | Thirty Years | [153] |
| XV. | Original Sin | [164] |
| XVI. | The Eternal Fire | [171] |
| XVII. | The Revival Service | [179] |
| XVIII. | Indian Summer | [188] |
PART IV | ||
| HIS FOURTH WIFE | ||
| XIX. | "'Lizabeth" | [203] |
| XX. | "Giving in Marriage" | [211] |
| XXI. | "I Shall Want My Em'ly" | [224] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| "The young man put the honeysuckle in his buttonhole" | [Frontispiece] |
| PAGE | |
| "Leaping ditches, tearing across ploughed fields, to the woods ahead" | [5] |
| "Miner rode slowly along on horseback, now and then making inquiries of wayfarers" | [25] |
| "The Village" | [45] |
| "He stopped when the mouth of an old war pistol was suddenly placed in front of his shoulder" | [112] |
| "'Ain't you never goin' to stop mopin', Ambrose Thompson? I'm sick of lookin' at you.'" | [131] |
| "'You kin manage me now all you've a mind to; I ain't worryin''" | [198] |
| "Thus it was that 'Lisabeth took up the business of caring for Uncle Ambrose Thompson" | [214] |