DEFICIENT SAINTS
A Tale of Maine
BY
MARSHALL SAUNDERS
AUTHOR OF
"BEAUTIFUL JOE," "ROSE À CHARLITTE,"
"THE KING OF THE PARK," ETC.
"Keep who will the city's alleys,
Take the smooth-shorn plain,
Give to us the cedar valleys,
Rocks, and hills of Maine!"
LONDON
GEORGE BELL AND SONS
1903
TO
THE CITIZENS
OF
BEAUTIFUL BANGOR
THIS STORY IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
BY THE AUTHOR
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | The Elect Lady and Her Death-book | 11 |
| II. | An Unexpected Daughter-in-law | 24 |
| III. | To Him the World Was Gay | 34 |
| IV. | A Favour Solicited | 51 |
| V. | A Pastoral Visit | 62 |
| VI. | Stern Her Face and Masculine Her Stride | 72 |
| VII. | A Drive with a Strange Guide | 81 |
| VIII. | Of Mixed Blood | 98 |
| IX. | Tell Me Your Secrets | 111 |
| X. | A Reform in the Bill of Fare | 122 |
| XI. | In the Midst of Life We Are in Death | 136 |
| XII. | It Is All True | 148 |
| XIII. | A Dinner-party | 162 |
| XIV. | Unquiet Hearts | 178 |
| XV. | A Family Cemented by Love | 191 |