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  ROSE A CHARLITTE

  "ROSE A CHARLITTE STOOD CONFRONTING THE NEWCOMER." (_See page 58_.)]

  ROSE A CHARLITTE

  +An Acadien Romance+

  BY MARSHALL SAUNDERS

  AUTHOR OF "BEAUTIFUL JOE," "THE HOUSE OF ARMOUR," ETC.

  +Illustrated by+ H. DE M. YOUNG

 

  BOSTON L. C. PAGE AND COMPANY

  (INCORPORATED)

  _Copyright, 1898_

  BY L. C. PAGE AND COMPANY

  (INCORPORATED)

  _Entered at Stationers' Hall, London_

  +Colonial Press+:

  Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.

  Boston, U. S. A.

  +Dedication+

  I inscribe this story of the Acadiens to one who was their warm friendand helper while administering the Public Systems of Education in NovaScotia and in New Brunswick, to a man whose classic verse is rich insuggestion caught from the picturesque Evangeline land, and who is avalued and lifelong friend of my beloved father,--

  TO

  +Theodore Harding Rand, D. C. L.+ OF McMASTER UNIVERSITY TORONTO

  CONTENTS.

  BOOK I.

  ROSE A CHARLITTE.

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I. VESPER L. NIMMO 11

  II. A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD 21

  III. FROM BOSTON TO ACADIE 28

  IV. THE SLEEPING WATER INN 47

  V. AGAPIT THE ACADIEN 67

  VI. VESPER SUGGESTS AN EXPLANATION 82

  VII. A DEADLOCK 90

  VIII. ON THE SUDDEN SOMETHING ILL 98

  IX. A TALK ON THE WHARF 108

  X. BACK TO THE CONCESSION 122

  XI. NEWS OF THE FIERY FRENCHMAN 138

  XII. AN UNHAPPY RIVER 154

  XIII. AN ILLUMINATION 161

  XIV. WITH THE OLD ONES 178

  XV. THE CAVE OF THE BEARS 196

  XVI. FOR THE HONOR OF THEIR RACE 210

  XVII. THE SUBLIMEST THING IN THE WORLD 222

  XVIII. NARCISSE GOES IN SEARCH OF THE ENGLISHMAN 236

  XIX. AN INTERRUPTED MASS 251

  XX. WITH THE WATERCROWS 262

  XXI. A SUPREME ADIEU 281

  BOOK II.

  BIDIANE.

  I. A NEW ARRIVAL AT SLEEPING WATER 303

  II. BIDIANE GOES TO CALL ON ROSE A CHARLITTE 319

  III. TAKEN UNAWARES 334

  IV. AN UNKNOWN IRRITANT 353

  V. BIDIANE PLAYS AN OVERTURE 361

  VI. A SNAKE IN THE GRASS INTERFERES WITH THE EDUCATION OF MIRABELLE MARIE 372

  VII. GHOSTS BY SLEEPING WATER 386

  VIII. FAIRE BOMBANCE 404

  IX. LOVE AND POLITICS 419

  X. A CAMPAIGN BEGUN IN BRIBERY 434

  XI. WHAT ELECTION DAY BROUGHT FORTH 451

  XII. BIDIANE FALLS IN A RIVER 463

  XIII. CHARLITTE COMES BACK 474

  XIV. BIDIANE RECEIVES A SHOCK 483

  XV. THE BEAUTIFUL STRANGER GOES AWAY WITHOUT HER CAPTAIN 499

  XVI. AN ACADIEN FESTIVAL 506