Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE ROSE OF OLD ST. LOUIS

by

MARY DILLON

With Illustrations by André Castaigne and C. M. Relyea

New York Grosset & Dunlap Publishers

Copyright, 1904, by The Century Co. Published July, 1904 Reprinted July, 1904, August, 1904, September, 1904, October, 1904, December, 1904, January, 1906, February, 1907

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I I MAKE MY BOW IN CAHOKIA 3

II I PROPOSE A TOAST 17

III I MEET AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE 31

IV I MAKE AN ENGAGEMENT 44

V I GO TO A PICNIC ON CHOUTEAU'S POND 55

VI WHIPPOORWILLS 79

VII I TWINE CHRISTMAS GREENS 92

VIII I GO TO MIDNIGHT MASS 104

IX MADAME CHOUTEAU'S BALL 119

X LA GUIGNOLÉE 135

XI CHOISSEZ LE ROI 147

XII A MIDNIGHT FRAY 157

XIII "A PRETTY BOY!" 168

XIV A CREOLE LOVE-SONG 181

XV "AU REVOIR" 203

XVI A VIRGINIA FARMER 212

XVII A GREAT DEBATE 225

XVIII A MAGIC COACH 245

XIX CHECK TO THE ABBÉ! 266

XX BONAPARTE GIVES ENGLAND A RIVAL 281

XXI A TEMPEST IN A BATH-TUB 308

XXII MR. MONROE ARRIVES! 328

XXIII THE CONSUL'S SENTENCE 338

XXIV A NEW CHEVALIER OF FRANCE 363

XXV THE COMTESSE DE BALOIT SENDS FOR HER HUNTER 375

XXVI THE CONSUL'S COMMISSION 386

XXVII "GOOD-BY, SWEETHEART!" 397

XXVIII EXIT LE CHEVALIER 414

XXIX UNDER THE OLD FLAG 426

XXX THE ROSE OF ST. LOUIS 448

ILLUSTRATIONS

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"'Very well, I shall expect to hear from you'" Frontispiece

"In solitary dignity stood Black Hawk" 152

"He stopped and turned suddenly to the two ministers" 295

The Signing of the Louisiana Purchase Treaty by
Marbois, Livingston, and Monroe 370