Author of "Somebody's Neighbors," "The Sphinx's Children,"
"The Deacon's Week," etc.

I DEDICATE THIS BOOK

TO THE

MEMORY OF MY MOTHER,

Anne Wright Hurlbut Terry,

TO WHOSE PATIENT CARE I OWE THE POWER TO WRITE AT ALL; AND WHO, IN A LIFE STRAITENED BY CIRCUMSTANCE, AND HARASSED BY DAILY TROUBLES, FAITHFULLY

AND CONSCIENTIOUSLY DID WHAT SHE

COULD, AND HAS GONE TO

HER REST AND

REWARD.

ROSE TERRY COOKE.