Helen Leah Reed
Reading edition
Author of "The Brenda Books" "Miss Theodora" "Irma and Nap"
With Illustrations by Katharine Pyle
Boston Little, Brown, and Company 1905
Copyright, 1905, By Little, Brown, and Company. All rights reserved
Published October, 1905
The University Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A.
TO CONSTANCE my niece, who journeyed with me through acadia
Contents
Chapter Page
IBanished1
IILost and Found14
IIIToward Meteghan29
IVYvonne43
VNew People57
VIPierre and Point à l'Église71
VIIDigby Days89
VIIITwo Adventures105
IXOld Port Royal119
XExplorations134
XIA Tea Party147
XIIIn the Fog163
XIIILetters and Some Comments178
XIVAn Excursion191
XVWith Prejudice204
XVIEvangeline's Country219
XVIISafe Again236
XVIIIThe Right and the Wrong of It249
XIXA Discovery263
XXFire and Flame279
XXIOld Chebucto299
XXIIFinding Cousins315
XXIIIGood-bye to Halifax329
List of Illustrations
"From a drawer behind the counter she drew a small fan"Frontispiece
"'Madame Bourque,' she cried, 'I asked him to come to see me'"Page 71
"'Hello! hello!' she shouted"" 170
"'Why, what is the matter, child?' she asked affectionately"" 246
"After one ineffectual effort to pry open the lock, the other one had thrown down the scissors"" 282
"Behind Lucian stalked Malachai, flourishing his cane after the fashion of a drum-major"" 320