Rainbow Valley

From the opening

WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE THAT THE HAPPY VALLEYS OF THEIR HOME LAND MIGHT BE KEPT SACRED FROM THE RAVAGE OF THE INVADER

I. HOME AGAIN II. SHEER GOSSIP III. THE INGLESIDE CHILDREN IV. THE MANSE CHILDREN V. THE ADVENT OF MARY VANCE VI. MARY STAYS AT THE MANSE VII. A FISHY EPISODE VIII. MISS CORNELIA INTERVENES IX. UNA INTERVENES X. THE MANSE GIRLS CLEAN HOUSE XI. A DREADFUL DISCOVERY XII. AN EXPLANATION AND A DARE XIII. THE HOUSE ON THE HILL XIV. MRS. ALEC DAVIS MAKES A CALL XV. MORE GOSSIP XVI. TIT FOR TAT XVII. A DOUBLE VICTORY XVIII. MARY BRINGS EVIL TIDINGS XIX. POOR ADAM! XX. FAITH MAKES A FRIEND XXI. THE IMPOSSIBLE WORD XXII. ST. GEORGE KNOWS ALL ABOUT IT XXIII. THE GOOD-CONDUCT CLUB XXIV. A CHARITABLE IMPULSE XXV. ANOTHER SCANDAL AND ANOTHER “EXPLANATION” XXVI. MISS CORNELIA GETS A NEW POINT OF VIEW XXVII. A SACRED CONCERT XXVIII. A FAST DAY XXIX. A WEIRD TALE XXX. THE GHOST ON THE DYKE XXXI. CARL DOES PENANCE XXXII. TWO STUBBORN PEOPLE XXXIII. CARL IS—NOT—WHIPPED XXXIV. UNA VISITS THE HILL XXXV. “LET THE PIPER COME”

It was a clear, apple-green evening in May, and Four Winds Harbour was mirroring back the clouds of the golden west between its softly dark shores. The sea moaned eerily on the sand-bar, sorrowful even in spring, but a sly, jovial wind came piping down the red harbour road along which Miss Cornelia’s comfortable, matronly figure was making its way towards the village of Glen St. Mary. Miss Cornelia was rightfully Mrs. Marshall Elliott, and had been Mrs. Marshall Elliott for thirteen years, but even yet more people referred to her as Miss Cornelia than as Mrs. Elliott. The old name was dear to her old friends, only one of them contemptuously dropped it. Susan Baker, the gray and grim and faithful handmaiden of the Blythe family at Ingleside, never lost an opportunity of calling her “Mrs.

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