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Title: Bonaventure
A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana

Author: George Washington Cable

Release Date: December 30, 2007 [eBook #24078]

Language: English

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BONAVENTURE

A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana

by

GEORGE W. CABLE

New York
International Association of Newspapers and Authors
1901

Copyright, 1887, 1888, by George W. Cable.

Braunworth, Munn & Barber
Printers and Binders
Brooklyn, N. Y.

CONTENTS.

_CARANCRO._

CHAPTER. PAGE.

I. SOSTHENE 1

II. BONAVENTURE AND ZOSEPHINE 4

III. ATHANASIUS 9

IV. THE CONSCRIPT OFFICER 15

V. THE CURE OF CARANCRO 24

VI. MISSING 33

VII. A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK 42

VIII. THE QUEST ENDED 47

IX. THE WEDDING 55

X. AFTER ALL 62

_GRANDE POINTE._

CHAPTER.