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ROSE A CHARLITTE
"ROSE A CHARLITTE STOOD CONFRONTING THE NEWCOMER." (_See page 58_.)]
ROSE A CHARLITTE
+An Acadien Romance+
BY MARSHALL SAUNDERS
AUTHOR OF "BEAUTIFUL JOE," "THE HOUSE OF ARMOUR," ETC.
+Illustrated by+ H. DE M. YOUNG
BOSTON L. C. PAGE AND COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)
_Copyright, 1898_
BY L. C. PAGE AND COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)
_Entered at Stationers' Hall, London_
+Colonial Press+:
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, U. S. A.
+Dedication+
I inscribe this story of the Acadiens to one who was their warm friendand helper while administering the Public Systems of Education in NovaScotia and in New Brunswick, to a man whose classic verse is rich insuggestion caught from the picturesque Evangeline land, and who is avalued and lifelong friend of my beloved father,--
TO
+Theodore Harding Rand, D. C. L.+ OF McMASTER UNIVERSITY TORONTO
CONTENTS.
BOOK I.
ROSE A CHARLITTE.
CHAPTER PAGE
I. VESPER L. NIMMO 11
II. A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD 21
III. FROM BOSTON TO ACADIE 28
IV. THE SLEEPING WATER INN 47
V. AGAPIT THE ACADIEN 67
VI. VESPER SUGGESTS AN EXPLANATION 82
VII. A DEADLOCK 90
VIII. ON THE SUDDEN SOMETHING ILL 98
IX. A TALK ON THE WHARF 108
X. BACK TO THE CONCESSION 122
XI. NEWS OF THE FIERY FRENCHMAN 138
XII. AN UNHAPPY RIVER 154
XIII. AN ILLUMINATION 161
XIV. WITH THE OLD ONES 178
XV. THE CAVE OF THE BEARS 196
XVI. FOR THE HONOR OF THEIR RACE 210
XVII. THE SUBLIMEST THING IN THE WORLD 222
XVIII. NARCISSE GOES IN SEARCH OF THE ENGLISHMAN 236
XIX. AN INTERRUPTED MASS 251
XX. WITH THE WATERCROWS 262
XXI. A SUPREME ADIEU 281
BOOK II.
BIDIANE.
I. A NEW ARRIVAL AT SLEEPING WATER 303
II. BIDIANE GOES TO CALL ON ROSE A CHARLITTE 319
III. TAKEN UNAWARES 334
IV. AN UNKNOWN IRRITANT 353
V. BIDIANE PLAYS AN OVERTURE 361
VI. A SNAKE IN THE GRASS INTERFERES WITH THE EDUCATION OF MIRABELLE MARIE 372
VII. GHOSTS BY SLEEPING WATER 386
VIII. FAIRE BOMBANCE 404
IX. LOVE AND POLITICS 419
X. A CAMPAIGN BEGUN IN BRIBERY 434
XI. WHAT ELECTION DAY BROUGHT FORTH 451
XII. BIDIANE FALLS IN A RIVER 463
XIII. CHARLITTE COMES BACK 474
XIV. BIDIANE RECEIVES A SHOCK 483
XV. THE BEAUTIFUL STRANGER GOES AWAY WITHOUT HER CAPTAIN 499
XVI. AN ACADIEN FESTIVAL 506