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Contents: PART I CHAPTER I. THE STRANGER AT THE BROCK HOUSE CHAPTER II. THE PALMETTO CLEARING CHAPTER III. THE INTERVIEW CHAPTER IV. HOPING AND WAITING CHAPTER V. MISS DORY CHAPTER VI. THE SERVICES CHAPTER VII. COL. CROMPTON CHAPTER VIII. THE CHILD OF THE CLEARING CHAPTER IX. THE COLONEL AND JAKE CHAPTER X. EUDORA

PART II CHAPTER I. HOWARD CROMPTON TO JACK HARCOURT CHAPTER II. JACK HARCOURT TO HOWARD CROMPTON CHAPTER III. ELOISE CHAPTER IV. THE ACCIDENT CHAPTER V. AMY CHAPTER VI. AT MRS. BIGGS'S CHAPTER VII. RUBY ANN PATRICK CHAPTER VIII. MRS. BIGGS'S REMINISCENCES CHAPTER IX. LETTER FROM REV. CHARLES MASON CHAPTER X. PART SECOND OF REV. MR. MASON'S LETTER CHAPTER XI. SUNDAY CALLS CHAPTER XII. THE MARCH OF EVENTS CHAPTER XIII. GETTING READY FOR THE RUMMAGE SALE CHAPTER XIV. THE FIRST SALE CHAPTER XV. AT THE RUMMAGE CHAPTER XVI. THE AUCTION

PART III CHAPTER I. THE BEGINNING OF THE END CHAPTER II. THE LITTLE RED CLOAK CHAPTER III. ELOISE AT THE CROMPTON HOUSE CHAPTER IV. THE SHADOW OF DEATH CHAPTER V. LOOKING FOR A WILL CHAPTER VI. IN FLORIDA CHAPTER VII. IN THE PALMETTO CLEARING CHAPTER VIII. THE LITTLE HAIR TRUNK CHAPTER IX. WHAT HOWARD FOUND CHAPTER X. HOWARD'S TEMPTATION CHAPTER XI. CONCLUSION an excerpt from PART I - CHAPTER I - THE STRANGER AT THE BROCK HOUSE
The steamer "Hatty" which plied between Jacksonville and Enterprise was late, and the people who had come down from the Brock House to the landing had waited half an hour before a puff of smoke in the distance told that she was coming. There had been many conjectures as to the cause of the delay, for she was usually on time, and those who had friends on the boat were growing nervous, fearing an accident, and all were getting tired, when she appeared in the distance, the puffs of smoke increasing in volume as she drew nearer, and the sound of her whistle echoing across the water, which at Enterprise spreads out into a lake. She had not met with an accident, but had been detained at Palatka waiting for a passenger of whom the captain had been apprised. "He may be a trifle late, but if he is, wait. He must take your boat," Tom Hardy had said to the captain when engaging passage for his friend, and Tom Hardy was not one whose wishes were often disregarded. "Them Hardys does more business with me in one year than ten other families and I can't go agin Tom, and if he says wait for his friend, why, there's nothing to do but wait," the captain said, as he walked up and down in front of his boat, growing more and more impatient, until at last as he was beginning to swear he'd wait no longer for all the Hardys in Christendom, two men came slowly towards the landing, talking earnestly and not seeming to be in the least hurry, although the "Hatty" began to scream herself hoarse as if frantic to be gone. "How d'ye, Cap," Tom said, in his easy, off-hand way. "Hope we haven't kept you long. This is my friend I told you about. I suppose his berth is ready?" He did not tell the name of his friend, who, as if loath to cross the plank, held back for a few more words. Tom gave him a little push at last, and said, "Good-bye, you really must go. Success to you, but don't for a moment think of carrying out that quixotic plan you first mentioned. Better jump into the river. Good-bye!" The plank was crossed and pulled in, and a mulatto boy came forward to take the stranger's bag and pilot him to his stateroom, which opened from what was called the ladies' parlor....

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• Published on: 2008-01-04
• Released on: 2008-01-04
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