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“Oh, do you know what wild roses is?”—Page 254.
IN WILD ROSE TIME
BY
AMANDA M. DOUGLAS
FRONTISPIECE BY JOHN GOSS
BOSTON
LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
Copyright, 1894, by Lee and Shepard
All Rights Reserved
In Wild Rose Time
TYPOGRAPHY AND ELECTROTYPING BY C. J. PETERS & SON.
TO
Miss Alice Lee.
One goes through the garden of the world gathering flowers at one’s pleasure. Then a friend brings in a blossom for acceptance. Will you place mine in the vase of remembrance?
A. M. D.
Newark, December, 1894.
CONTENTS
CHAPTERPAGE
I.A Handful of Roses1
II.Saturday Afternoon21
III.The Way to Heaven42
IV.The Delights of Wealth60
V.A Song in the Night78
VI.A Wonderful Story98
VII.Martyred Christiana120
VIII.Bess136
IX.Dilsey155
X.In the Desert Alone173
XI.When He and Summer comes190
XII.The Response of Pining Eyes209
XIII.The Land of Pure Delight226
XIV.Virginia Deering251
XV.John Travis273
XVI.Across the River288