Chapter I: Front Matter

DEFICIENT SAINTS

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

XVI. A PARTIAL SURRENDER 200

XVII. CAPTAIN WHITE CHOOSES A MONUMENT 217

XVIII. A STEP IN ADVANCE 230

XIX. THE CHURCH OF THE UNITED BRETHREN LOSES ITS PASTOR 243

XX. BURGLARS AT FRENCH CROSS 254

XXI. MISS GASTONGUAY INTERVIEWS HER PRISONER 266

XXII. CRIMINAL RECORDS 280

XXIII. WHEN A MAN'S HAPPY 293

XXIV. AN INVITATION TO A PICNIC 307

XXV. IN THE FRENCH CROSS WOOD 316

XXVI. THE PICNIC AND THE OLD PRISON WELL 322

XXVII. H. ROBINSON AND HIS REVELATION 336

XXVIII. CAPTAIN WHITE'S BALL PLAY 350

XXIX. NEWS OF THE WANDERER 363

XXX. THE RETURN OF THE WANDERER 369

XXXI. H. ROBINSON AGAIN 378

XXXII. A BRANCH CUT OFF 390

XXXIII. THE PURITANS HAVE TRIUMPHED! 406

XXXIV. THE SON OF THE MORNING 418

DEFICIENT SAINTS.