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]