Told in a French Garden / August, 1914

by Mildred Aldrich

SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY

1916

Copyright, 1916
By MILDRED ALDRICH

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TO

F. E. C.

a prince of comrades and a royal
friend, whose quaint humor
gladdened the days of my early
struggle, and whose unfailing
faith inspired me in later days
to turn a smiling face to Fate

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CONTENTS

		CHAPTER	PAGE
		[Introduction]	[3]
		[How We Came into the Garden]
I		[The Youngster's Story]	[29]
		[It Happened at Midnight—The]
		[Tale of a Bride's New Home]
II		[The Trained Nurse's Story]	[45]
		[The Son of Josephine—The Tale]
		[of a Foundling]
III		[The Critic's Story]	[60]
		['Twas in the Indian Summer—The]
		[Tale of an Actress]
IV		[The Doctor's Story]	[83]
		[As One Dreams—The Tale of]
		[an Adolescent]
V		[The Sculptor's Story]	[96]
		[Unto This End—The Tale of a]
		[Virgin]
VI		[The Divorcée's Story]	[135]
		[One Woman's Philosophy—The]
		[Tale of a Modern Wife]
VII		[The Lawyer's Story]	[166]
		[The Night Before the Wedding—The]
		[Tale of a Bride-Elect]
VIII		[The Journalist's Story]	[188]
		[In a Railway Station—The Tale]
		[of a Dancer]
IX		[The Violinist's Story]	[221]
		[The Soul of the Song—The Tale]
		[of a Fiancée]
X		[Epilogue]	[259]
		[Adieu—How We Went Out of]
		[the Garden]