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Title: Jewel
A Chapter In Her Life

Author: Clara Louise Burnham

Release Date: March 31, 2006 [EBook #2778]

Language: English

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JEWEL

A CHAPTER IN HER LIFE

By Clara Louise Burnham

TO F. W. R. MY FIRST INSPIRATION THIS STORY IS OFFERED IN LOVING
ACKNOWLEDGMENT

PREPARER'S NOTE

This text was prepared from a 1903 edition, published by Grosset &
Dunlap, New York.

CONTENTS

I. THE NEW COACHMAN
II. THE CHICAGO LETTER
III. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
IV. FATHER AND SON
V. BON VOYAGE
VI. JEWEL'S ARRIVAL
VII. THE FIRST EVENING
VIII. A HAPPY BREAKFAST
IX. A SHOPPING EXPEDITION
X. THE RAVINE
XI. DR. BALLARD
XII. THE TELEGRAM
XIII. IN THE LIBRARY
XIV. FAMILY AFFAIRS
XV. A RAINY MORNING
XVI. THE FIRST LESSON
XVII. JEWEL'S CORRESPONDENCE
XVIII. ESSEX MAID
XIX. A MORNING DRIVE
XX. BY THE BROOKSIDE
XXI. AN EFFORT FOR TRUTH
XXII. IN THE HARNESS ROOM
XXIII. MRS. EVRINGHAM'S CALLER
XXIV. THE RAVINE GARDEN
XXV. MUTUAL SURPRISES
XXVI. ON WEDNESDAY EVENING
XXVII. A REALIZED HOPE
XXVIII. AT TWILIGHT

JEWEL

CHAPTER I

THE NEW COACHMAN

"Now you polish up those buckles real good, won't you, 'Zekiel? I will
say for Fanshaw, you could most see your face in the harness always."

The young fellow addressed rubbed away at the nickel plating good
humoredly, although he had heard enough exhortations in the last
twenty-four hours to chafe somewhat the spirit of youth. His mother, a
large, heavy woman, stood over him, her face full of care.

"It's a big change from driving a grocery wagon to driving a gentleman's
carriage, 'Zekiel. I do hope you sense it."

"You'd make a bronze image sense it, mother," answered the young man,
smiling broadly. "You might sit and sermonize just as well, mightn't
you? Sitting's as cheap as standing,"--he cast a glance around the clean
spaces of the barn in search of a chair,--"or if you'd rather go a