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[Illustration: Sarah K. Bolton]




                            A COUNTRY IDYL

                                  AND

                             OTHER STORIES

                                  BY

                         SARAH KNOWLES BOLTON

      AUTHOR OF “POOR BOYS WHO BECAME FAMOUS,” “GIRLS WHO BECAME
         FAMOUS,” “FAMOUS AMERICAN AUTHORS,” “FAMOUS AMERICAN
             STATESMEN,” “FAMOUS MEN OF SCIENCE,” “FAMOUS
                  EUROPEAN ARTISTS,” “FAMOUS TYPES OF
                   WOMANHOOD,” “STORIES FROM LIFE,”
           “FROM HEART AND NATURE” (POEMS), “FAMOUS ENGLISH
                 AUTHORS,” “FAMOUS ENGLISH STATESMEN,”
                      “FAMOUS VOYAGERS,” “FAMOUS
                     LEADERS AMONG WOMEN,” “FAMOUS
                      LEADERS AMONG MEN,” “SOCIAL
                       STUDIES IN ENGLAND,” “THE
                         INEVITABLE, AND OTHER
                             POEMS,” ETC.

                  NEW YORK: 46 EAST FOURTEENTH STREET

                      THOMAS Y. CROWELL & COMPANY

                      BOSTON: 100 PURCHASE STREET




                           COPYRIGHT, 1898,
                    BY THOMAS Y. CROWELL & COMPANY.

ROCKWELL AND CHURCHILL PRESS, BOSTON.




                                  TO

                                CHARLES

                                  AND

                                 ETHEL




                    CONTENTS.

                                   PAGE

  A COUNTRY IDYL                      5

  THE SECOND TIME                    14

  FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS           22

  THE RING OF GOLD                   27

  FOUR LETTERS                       35