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BOOKS BY FRANCIS LYNDE
Published by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
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STRANDED IN ARCADY
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STRANDED IN ARCADY
BY
FRANCIS LYNDE
_ILLUSTRATED BY_ ARTHUR E. BECHER
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK :::::::::: 1917
Copyright, 1917, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
Published May, 1917
To L. A. H. L.
WHOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN SIMILAR FIELDS ARE MUCH MORE VERSATILE THAN _LUCETTA'S_ THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED BY
"P-D."
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE 1
II. AMATEUR CASTAWAYS 14
III. SENSIBLE SHOES 26
IV. IN THE NIGHT 38
V. A SECRET FOR ONE 45
VI. CANOEDLINGS 61
VII. _ROULANT MA BOULE_ 76
VIII. CRACKING VENEERS 88
IX. SHIPWRECK 98
X. HORRORS 111
XII. IN SEARCH OF AN ANCESTOR 128
XIII. AT CAMP COUSIN 145
XIV. OF THE NAME OF BANDISH 157
XV. JEAN BA'TISTE 169
XVI. _MARCHONS!_ 180
XVII. ROOTS AND HERBS 191
XVIII. HEIGHTS AND DEPTHS 203
XIX. IN DURANCE VILE 214
XX. WATSON GRIDER 226
XXI. THE FAIRY FORTUNE 237