LONDON
GEORGE BELL AND SONS
1903
TO
THE CITIZENS
OF
BEAUTIFUL BANGOR
THIS STORY IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
BY THE AUTHOR
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | The Elect Lady and Her Death-book | [11] |
| II. | An Unexpected Daughter-in-law | [24] |
| III. | To Him the World Was Gay | [34] |
| IV. | A Favour Solicited | [51] |
| V. | A Pastoral Visit | [62] |
| VI. | Stern Her Face and Masculine Her Stride | [72] |
| VII. | A Drive with a Strange Guide | [81] |
| VIII. | Of Mixed Blood | [98] |
| IX. | Tell Me Your Secrets | [111] |
| X. | A Reform in the Bill of Fare | [122] |
| XI. | In the Midst of Life We Are in Death | [136] |
| XII. | It Is All True | [148] |
| XIII. | A Dinner-party | [162] |
| XIV. | Unquiet Hearts | [178] |
| XV. | A Family Cemented by Love | [191] |
| XVI. | A Partial Surrender | [200] |
| XVII. | Captain White Chooses a Monument | [217] |
| XVIII. | A Step in Advance | [230] |
| XIX. | The Church of the United Brethren Loses Its Pastor | [243] |
| XX. | Burglars at French Cross | [254] |
| XXI. | Miss Gastonguay Interviews Her Prisoner | [266] |
| XXII. | Criminal Records | [280] |
| XXIII. | When a Man's Happy | [293] |
| XXIV. | An Invitation to a Picnic | [307] |
| XXV. | In the French Cross Wood | [316] |
| XXVI. | The Picnic and the Old Prison Well | [322] |
| XXVII. | H. Robinson and His Revelation | [336] |
| XXVIII. | Captain White's Ball Play | [350] |
| XXIX. | News of the Wanderer | [363] |
| XXX. | The Return of the Wanderer | [369] |
| XXXI. | H. Robinson Again | [378] |
| XXXII. | A Branch Cut Off | [390] |
| XXXIII. | The Puritans Have Triumphed! | [406] |
| XXXIV. | The Son of the Morning | [418] |
DEFICIENT SAINTS.
CHAPTER I.
THE ELECT LADY AND HER DEATH-BOOK.