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Title: A Circuit Rider's Wife

Author: Corra Harris

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A CIRCUIT RIDER'S WIFE

by

CORRA HARRIS

With Illustrations by William H. Everett

[Frontispiece: The old, burly country doctor bending above me.]

Philadelphia
Henry Altemus Company

Copyright, 1910, by the Curtis Publishing Company
Copyright, 1910, by Howard E. Altemus

TO THE MEMORY OF

WILLIAM

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. I AM CHOSEN INSTEAD OF THE PRAYER MEETING VIRGIN
II. I BUILD FOR MYSELF A MONUMENT MORE ENDURING THAN BRASS
III. THE REVIVAL AT REDWINE
IV. WILLIAM AS A LEADER OF FORLORN HOPE
V. GOD'S ANNUALS
VI. WILLIAM ENTERS HIS WORLDLY MIND
VII. THE LITTLE ITINERANT--AND OTHERS
VIII. I HOLD THE STAGE
IX. WILLIAM AND THE FEMININE SOUL
X. WILLIAM BECOMES A PRODIGAL
XI. FINANCES AND FASHIONS
XII. THE CHEERFUL LITTLE DOG THAT LED THE BLIND MAN
XIII. WILLIAM WRESTLING WITH TRAVELING ANGELS
XIV. CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT THE NATURE OF A PRIEST
XV. SKELETONS IN WILLIAM'S DOCTRINAL CLOSET
XVI. IN THE LITTLE GRAVEYARD BEHIND REDWINE CHURCH
XVII. BACK AGAIN TO THE WORLD
XVIII. CONSCIENTIOUS SCRUPLES ABOUT THE CHURCH

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Old, Burly Country Doctor Bending Above Me . . . . . _Frontispiece_

Brother Tom Pratt, a Prominent Member, Had Backslided

With Such Sad Hunger in Their Faces

"I'll Pay You, Parson. I'll Pay as Soon as I'm Able"

I Heard Him in His Study Singing

"It's Going to Be an Awful Night, Don't Go--She Is Not a Member
of Your Ch