MRS. JULIE P. SMITH,

OF HARTFORD, CONN.,

I DEDICATE THIS STORY OF QUEENIE,

IN MEMORY OF

THE DEAR LITTLE GIRL WHO SLEEPS AMONG

THE NEW ENGLAND HILLS.

Brockport, June, 1883.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
I.Introducing some of the Characters[7]
II.Introducing more of the Characters[15]
III.Mr. Beresford and Phil[25]
IV.The Investigation[30]
V.Phil Interviews his Grandmother[37]
VI.Getting ready for Reinette[44]
VII.On the Sea[53]
VIII.Reinette Arrives[64]
IX.Reinette at Home[82]
X.The Two Reinettes[87]
XI.On the Rocks[99]
XII.Reinette and Mr. Beresford[107]
XIII.Those People[116]
XIV.Reinette and Phil[126]
XV.Down by the Sea[140]
XVI.Margery La Rue[144]
XVII.Queenie and Margery[152]
XVIII.Old Letters[163]
XIX.The Little Lady of Hetherton[176]
XX.Arrivals in Merrivale[184]
XXI.The Dinner[192]
XXII.Margery and the People[197]
XXIII.Perfecting themselves in French[202]
XXIV.“I love you, Queenie”[206]
XXV.Phil’s Wooing[213]
XXVI.Phil goes Away[223]
XXVII.How Queenie bore the News[227]
XXVIII.Mrs. La Rue’s Resolution[233]
XXIX.Letters from Mentone[240]
XXX.Trying to read the Page[250]
XXXI.The Interview[257]
XXXII.Christine[261]
XXXIII.Reinette’s Interview with Margery[272]
XXXIV.Reinette’s Interview with Christine[278]
XXXV.Margery and her Mother[289]
XXXVI.Margery’s Illness[296]
XXXVII.The Letter[312]
XXXVIII.Mourning for Phil[320]
XXXIX.Tina[333]
XL.The Letters[337]
XLI.Queenie Learns the Truth[344]
XLII.Christine’s Story[355]
XLIII.The Sisters[369]
XLIV.The Explosion[376]
XLV.Magnolia Park[392]
XLVI.At the St. James[400]
XLVII.The Yellow Fever[411]
XLVIII.The Occupant of No. 40[420]
XLIX.Sister Christine[430]
L.Phil’s Story[438]
LI.Conclusion[448]

QUEENIE HETHERTON.