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CONTENTS.

CONTENTS.

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• Preface v

• My Grandfather 13

• Light and Shade 27

• The Strange Lady 34

• The Pride of Sarah Worthington 39

• The Wildermings 48

• The Moods of Seth Milford 57

• Mrs. Hill and Mrs. Troost 69

• A Relic of the Ancient Days 75

• How Uncle Dale was Troubled 83

• The Old Man's Wooing 88

• Deacon Whitfield's Folks 93

• About the Tompkinses 104

• Annie Heaton 117

• Peter Harris 138

• Margaret Fields 147

• The Phantom Hunter 164

• Lydia Heath at the Summers' 172

• The Claverels 189

• The Student 198

• The Sheep and the Dogs 207

• The Foolish Marriage 216

• The Young Doctor's Way in the World 225

• Contrasted Visitors 234

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• A New Start 243

• The Schoolmistress 253

• The Spring and the Sugar Camp 261

• The End of the Ill-Starred 265

• The Sisters 270

• The Remorse of William Martin 278

• Mrs. Gray's Two Visits 288

• A Rainy Day 301

• The Strange Garret 310

• Mrs. Parks's Party 319

• A Winter's Changes 328

• The End of the History 337