ARTHUR WEMYSS—a young Englishman who is trying to learn to farm.

JIM RUSSELL—an ambitious young farmer who lives near the Motherwells.

JAMES DUCKER—a retired farmer, who has political aspirations.

CONTENTS

I. [Sowing Seeds in Danny]
II. [The Old Doctor]
III. [The Pink Lady]
IV. [The Band of Hope]
V. [The Relict of the Late McGuire]
VI. [The Musical Sense]
VII. ["One of Manitoba's Prosperous Farmers"]
VIII. [The Other Doctor]
IX. [The Live Wire]
X. [The Butcher Ride]
XI. [How Pearl Watson Wiped out the Stain]
XII. [From Camilla's Diary]
XIII. [The Fifth Son]
XIV. [The Faith that Moveth Mountains]
XV. ["Inasmuch"]
XVI. [How Polly Went Home]
XVII. ["Egbert and Edythe"]
XVIII. [The Party at Slater's]
XIX. [Pearl's Diary]
XX. [Tom's New Viewpoint]
XXI. [The Crack in the Granite]
XXII. [Shadows]
XXIII. [Saved]
XXIV. [The Harvest]
XXV. [Cupid's Emissary]
XXVI. [The Thanksgiving]
Conclusion: [Convincing Camilla]

Sowing Seeds in Danny

CHAPTER I

SOWING SEEDS IN DANNY

In her comfortable sitting room Mrs. J. Burton Francis sat, at peace with herself and all mankind. The glory of the short winter afternoon streamed into the room and touched with new warmth and tenderness the face of a Madonna on the wall.