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Title: A California Girl

Author: Edward Eldridge

Release Date: April 7, 2009 [EBook #28528]

Language: English

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A CALIFORNIA GIRL

BY EDWARD ELDRIDGE

The Abbey Press
PUBLISHERS

114 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK

London Montreal

Copyright, 1902
by The Abbey Press

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
Prologue 5

I. Clara Lawton 7

II. Ranch Talk 9

III. The Marriage of Charles Herne 21

IV. Julia Hammond 25

V. Ben West 35

VI. Stella Wheelwright 39

VII. Penloe 43

VIII. Ben West's Experience in the Klondike 54

IX. An Arrival 63

X. Mrs. Marston 70

XI. Saunders' Customers 85

XII. Penloe's Sermon 88

XIII. Return of Ben West 104

XIV. Five Years After Marriage 113

XV. A Conversation on the Porch 116

XVI. Tiestan 124

XVII. Penloe's Original Address 143

XVIII. Letters Received by Penloe 163

XIX. Mrs. West Relates Her Dream 170

XX. In the Mountains 174

XXI. A Wedding in Orangeville