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CONTENTS.

CONTENTS.

• CHAPTER I.
  THE LANDSCAPE OF THE STORY.

• CHAPTER II.
  ARRIVAL OF THE MERCHANT AND HIS PEOPLE.

• CHAPTER III.
  THE FARMER-FOLKS FROM THE WEST.

• CHAPTER IV.
  THE CHILDREN.

• CHAPTER V.
  THE FASHIONABLE LADY AND HER SON.

• CHAPTER VI.
  THE FORTUNES OF THE FAMILY CONSIDERED.

• CHAPTER VII.
  THE THANKSGIVING SERMON.

• CHAPTER VIII.
  THE DINNER.

• CHAPTER IX.
  THE NEW-COMERS.

• CHAPTER X.
  THE CONCLUSION.

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