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Title: The Shepherd of the North

Author: Richard Aumerle Maher

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THE SHEPHERD OF THE NORTH

BY RICHARD AUMERLE MAHER

Author of "The Heart of a Man," etc.

M. A. DONOHUE & COMPANY

CHICAGO--NEW YORK

Copyright 1916

By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

Set up and electrotyped. Published, March, 1916.

Reprinted March, 1916 June, 1916 October, 1916.

February, 1917.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I THE WHITE HORSE CHAPLAIN 3
II THE CHOIR UNSEEN 35
III GLOW OF DAWN 64
IV THE ANSWER 103
V MON PERE JE ME 'CUSE 137
VI THE BUSINESS OF THE SHEPHERD 174
VII THE INNER CITADEL 210
VIII SEIGNEUR DIEU, WHITHER GO I? 243
IX THE COMING OF THE SHEPHERD 277
X THAT THEY BE NOT AFRAID 311

THE SHEPHERD OF THE NORTH

THE SHEPHERD OF THE NORTH

I

THE WHITE HORSE CHAPLAIN

The Bishop of Alden was practising his French upon Arsene LaComb. It
was undoubtedly good French, this of M'sieur the Bishop, Arsene
assured himself. It must be. But it certainly was not any kind of
French that had ever been spoken by the folks back in Three Rivers.

Still, what did it matter? If Arsene could not understand all that the
Bishop said, it was equally certain that the Bishop could not
understand all that Arsene said. And truly the Bishop was a cheery
companion for the long road. He took his upsets into six feet of
Adirondack snow, as man