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                                    JOHN MARCH, SOUTHERNER

                                      BY GEORGE W. CABLE


NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1894

Copyright, 1894, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

THE CAXTON PRESS
NEW YORK




CONTENTS


I. SUEZ

II. TO A GOOD BOY

III. TWO FRIENDS

IV. THE JUDGE'S SON MAKES TWO LIFE-LONG ACQUAINTANCES, AND IS OFFERED A
THIRD

V. THE MASTER'S HOME-COMING

VI. TROUBLE

VII. EXODUS

VIII. SEVEN YEARS OF SUNSHINE

IX. LAUNCELOT HALLIDAY

X. FANNIE

XI. A BLEEDING HEART

XII. JOHN THINKS HE IS NOT AFRAID

XIII. FOR FANNIE

XIV. A MORTGAGE ON JOHN

XV. ARRIVALS AT ROSEMONT

XVI. A GROUP OF NEW INFLUENCES

XVII. THE ROSEMONT ATMOSPHERE

XVIII. THE PANGS OF COQUETRY

XIX. MR. RAVENEL SHOWS A "MORE EXCELLENT WAY"

XX. FANNIE SUGGESTS

XXI. MR. LEGGETT'S CHICKEN-PIE POLICY

XXII. CLIMBING LOVER'S LEAP

XXIII. A SUMMONS FOR THE JUDGE

XXIV. THE GOLDEN SPIKE

XXV. BY RAIL

XXVI. JOHN INSULTS THE BRITISH FLAG

XXVII. TO SUSIE--FROM PUSSIE

XXVIII. INFORMATION FOR SALE

XXIX. RAVENEL ASKS

XXX. ANOTHER ODD NUMBER

XXXI. MR. FAIR VENTURES SOME INTERROGATIONS

XXXII. JORDAN

XXXIII. THE OPPORTUNE MOMENT

XXXIV. DAPHNE AND DINWIDDIE: A PASTEL IN PROSE

XXXV. A WIDOW'S ULTIMATUM

XXXVI. A NEW SHINGLE IN SUEZ

XXXVII. WISDOM AND FAITH KISS EACH OTHER

XXXVIII. RUBBING AGAINST MEN

XXXIX. SAME AFTERNOON

XL. ROUGH GOING

XLI. SQUATTER SOVEREIGNTY

XLII. JOHN HEADS A PROCESSION

XLIII. ST. VALENTINE'S DAY

XLIV. ST. VALENTINE'S: EVENING

XLV. A LITTLE VOYAGE OF DISCOVERIES

XLVI. A PAIR OF SMUGGLERS

XLVII. LEVITICUS

XLVIII. DELILAH

XLIX. MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

L. THE JAMBOREE

LI. BUSINESS

LII. DARKNESS AND DOUBT

LIII. SWEETNESS AND LIGHT

LIV. AN UNEXPECTED PLEASURE

LV. HOME-SICKNESS ALLEVIATED

LVI. CONCERNING SECOND LOVE

LVII. GO ON, SAYS BARBARA

LVIII. TOGETHER AGAIN

LIX. THIS TIME SHE WARNS HIM

LX. A PERFECT UNDERSTANDING

LXI. A SICK MAN AND A SICK HORSE

LXII. RAVENEL THINKS HE MUST

LXIII. LETTERS AND TELEGRAMS

LXIV. JUDICIOUS JOHANNA

LXV. THE ENEMY IN THE REAR

LXVI. WARM HEARTS, HOT WORDS, COOL FRIENDS

LXVII. PROBLEM: IS AN UNCONFIRMED DISTRUST NECESSARILY A DEAD ASSET?

LXVIII. FAREWELL, WIDEWOOD

LXIX. IN YANKEE LAND

LXX. ACROSS THE MEADOWS

LXXI. IN THE WOODS

LXXII. MY GOOD GRACIOUS, MISS BARB

LXXIII. IMMEDIATELY AFTER CHAPEL

LXXIV. COMPLETE COLLAPSE OF A PERFECT UNDERSTANDING

LXXV. A YEAR'S VICISSITUDES

LXXVI. AGAINST OVERWHELMING NUMBERS

LXXVII. "LINES OF LIGHT ON A SULLEN SEA"

LXXVIII. BARBARA FINDS THE RHYME




JOHN MARCH, S