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Title: Homestead on the Hillside

Author: Mary Jane Holmes

Release Date: November 19, 2004 [eBook #14089]

Language: English

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HOMESTEAD ON THE HILLSIDE

by

MRS. MARY JANE HOLMES

By the Same Author in uniform style:

_Dora Deane_
_Cousin Maude_
_Lena Rivers_
_Meadow Brook_
_English Orphans_
_Maggie Miller_
_Rosamond_
_Tempest And Sunshine_
_Homestead on the Hillside_

CONTENTS

The Homestead On The Hillside

Chapter I. Mrs. Hamilton
Chapter II. Lenora And Her Mother
Chapter III. One Step Toward The Homestead
Chapter IV. After The Burial
Chapter V. Kate Kirby
Chapter VI. Raising The Wind
Chapter VII. The Stepmother
Chapter VIII. Domestic Life At The Homestead
Chapter IX. Lenora And Carrie
Chapter X. Darkness
Chapter XI. Margaret And Her Father
Chapter XII. "Carrying Out Dear Mr. Hamilton's Plans"
Chapter XIII. Retribution
Chapter XIV. Finale

Rice Corner

Chapter I. Rice Corner
Chapter II. The Belle Of Rice Corner
Chapter III. Monsieur Penoyer
Chapter IV. Cousin Emma
Chapter V. Richard Evelyn And Harley Ashmore
Chapter VI. Mike And Sally
Chapter VII. The Bride

The Gilberts; Or, Rice Corner Number Two

Chapter I. The Gilberts
Chapter II. Nellie
Chapter III. The Haunted House
Chapter IV. Jealousy
Chapter V. New Relations
Chapter VI. Poor, Poor Nellie

The Thanksgiving Party And Its Consequences

Chapter I. Night Before Thanksgiving
Chapter II. Thanksgiving Day
Chapter III. Ada Harcourt
Chapter IV. Lucy
Chapter V. Uncle Israel
Chapter VI. Explanation
Chapter VII. A Maneuver
Chapter VIII. Cousin Berintha And Lucy's Party
Chapter IX. A Wedding At St. Luke's
Chapter X. A