Chapter I: Front Matter

MILDRED.
A Novel.

BY

MRS. MARY J. HOLMES,

AUTHOR OF

EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST
LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.

“——Love soweth here with toil and care,
But the harvest-time of Love is there.”
SOUTHEY.

NEW YORK:
_G. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers_.
LONDON: S. LOW & CO.
MDCCCLXXVII.

COPYRIGHT BY
DANIEL HOLMES.
1877.

TROW’S
PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING CO.,
_205–213 East 12th St._,
NEW YORK.

TO

MRS. G. W. CARLETON

[OF NEW YORK CITY],

_I DEDICATE THIS STORY OF_

MILDRED,

IN MEMORY

OF THE MANY HAPPY HOURS SPENT WITH HER
OF THE “STARRY EYES AND
NUT-BROWN HAIR.”

BROCKPORT, N. Y.,
_October, 1877_.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Storm, and what it Brought 9
II. Village Gossip 27
III. Nine Years Later 35
IV. Oliver and Mildred visit Beechwood 50
V. Lawrence Thornton and his Advice 60
VI. What came of it 72
VII. Lilian and Mildred 93
VIII. Lawrence and his Father 111
IX. Lawrence at Beechwood 119
X. The River 131
XI. Lawrence Deceived and Undeceived 142
XII. The Proposal 157
XIII. The Answer 173
XIV. What Followed 201
XV. The Sun Shining through the Cloud 214
XVI. The Ebbing of the Tide 228
XVII. The Deserted Hut 238
XVIII. The Guests at the Hotel 256
XIX. Lawrence and Oliver 276
XX. Oliver and Mildred 285
XXI. The Meeting 299
XXII. Natural Results 314
XXIII. Conclusion 321

MILDRED.