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[TALBOT'S ANGLES]

"I AM AS PROUD AS CAN BE OF YOU."

TALBOT'S ANGLES
BY
AMY E. BLANCHARD

Author of "A Journey of Joy," "Wits' End,"
"The Glad Lady," etc.

BOSTON
DANA ESTES & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1911,
By Dana Estes & Company
All rights reserved
Printed by
THE COLONIAL PRESS:
C.H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S.A.

[CONTENTS]

CHAPTERPAGE
I. At End of Day[9]
II. A Clinging Vine[21]
III. Leaving the Nest[35]
IV. Departed Days[48]
V. The Alarm[61]
VI. An Inquisitive Neighbor[75]
VII. Was It Curiosity?[89]
VIII. A Disclosure[105]
IX. The Letters on the Trunk[118]
X. Pursuing Clues[132]
XI. A Newspaper[145]
XII. A Brace of Ducks[157]
XIII. An Ancestral Pilgrimage[170]
XIV. Two Buggies[185]
XV. A Distinct Sensation[199]
XVI. Begone, Dull Care[213]
XVII. As Water Unto Wine[228]
XVIII. The Deliberate Conscience[245]
XIX. Of What Avail?[262]
XX. "The Spring Has Come"[277]

[ILLUSTRATIONS]

PAGE
"I am as proud as can be of you."(Page 147) [Frontispiece]
Scolding away "jes lak an ole blue jay," declared Jake.[38]
"Don't shoot!"[71]
"But you must not call me cousin!"[115]
"You don't imagine he has fallen in love with Grace, do you?"[164]
"He has given me the dearest ring."[225]
"Her gaze fell on the two."[289]