COUSIN MAUDE.
by
Mary J. Holmes
To
Morris W. Smith,
of New Orleans,
This story of life among the Northern
Hills is respectfully dedicated
by his friend
The Author
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | |
| I. | [DR. KENNEDY] |
| II. | [THE JOURNEY] |
| III. | [THE NEW HOME] |
| IV. | [LITTLE LOUIS] |
| V. | [MRS. JANET BLODGETT] |
| VI. | [THE MOTHER] |
| VII. | [PAST AND PRESENT] |
| VIII. | [JAMES AND J.C.] |
| IX. | [THE MILKMAN'S HEIRESS] |
| X. | [THE ENGAGEMENT, REAL AND PROSPECTIVE] |
| XI. | [MAUD GLENDOWER] |
| XII. | [HOW THE ENGAGEMENTS PROSPERED] |
| XIII. | [HAMPTON] |
| XIV. | [THE DARK HOUR] |
| XV. | [THE NEW MISTRESS AT LAUREL HILL] |
| XVI. | [THE BLIND GIRL] |
| XVII. | [NELLIE'S BRIDAL NIGHT] |
| XVIII. | [COUSIN MAUDE] |
| XIX. | [A SECOND BRIDAL] |
| XX. | [THE SEXTON] |
| XXI. | [HOME AGAIN] |
CHAPTER I.
DR. KENNEDY.
"If you please, marm, the man from York State is comin' afoot. Too stingy to ride, I'll warrant," and Janet, the housekeeper, disappeared from the parlor, just as the sound of the gate was heard, and an unusually fine-looking middle-aged man was seen coming up the box-lined walk which led to the cottage door.