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THE MERMAID

"Lady, I fain would tell how evermore
Thy soul I know not from thy body, nor
Thee from myself, neither our love from God."

A LOVE TALE

BY

L. DOUGALL

AUTHOR OF BEGGARS ALL, WHAT NECESSITY KNOWS, ETC.

 

NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1895

 

Copyright, 1895,
By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.

[Pg v]

CONTENTS.

BOOK I.

  •       CHAPTER
  •       I.  —  The bent twig
  •      II.  —  The sad-eyed child
  •     III.  —  Lost in the sea
  •      IV.  —  A quiet life
  •       V.  —  Seen through blear eyes
  •      VI.  —  "From hour to hour we ripe"
  •     VII.  —  "A sea change"
  •    VIII.  —  Belief in the impossible
  •      IX.  —  The sea-maid's music
  •       X.  —  Towed by the beard
  •      XI.  —  Years of discretion

BOOK II.