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Title: The Cromptons

Author: Mary J. Holmes

Release Date: June 27, 2005 [EBook #16138]

Language: English

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MRS. MARY J. HOLMES.

TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE.
DARKNESS AND DAYLIGHTS.
ENGLISH ORPHANS.
HUGH
WORTHINGTON.
HOMESTEAD ON HILLSIDE.
CAMERON PRIDE.
'LENA RIVERS.
ROSE MATHER.
MEADOW BROOK.
ETHELYN'S MISTAKE.
DORA DEANE.
MILBANK.
COUSIN MAUDE.
EDNA BROWNING.
MARIAN GREY.
WEST LAWN.
EDITH LYLE.
MILDRED.
DAISY THORNTON.
FOREST HOUSE.
CHATEAU D'OR.
MADELINE.
QUEENIE HETHERTON.
CHRISTMAS STORIES.
BESSIE'S FORTUNE.
GRETCHEN.
MARGUERITE.
DR. HATHERN'S DAUGHTERS.
MRS. HALLAM'S COMPANION.
PAUL RALSTON.
THE TRACY DIAMONDS.
THE CROMPTONS. (_NEW_)

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The Cromptons

BY

MARY J. HOLMES

G.W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT 1899, 1901,

By MRS. MARY J. HOLMES.

_All rights reserved._

_The Cromptons. Issued August, 1902._

CONTENTS

PART I

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE STRANGER AT THE BROCK HOUSE 9

II. THE PALMETTO CLEARING 20

III. THE INTERVIEW 32

IV. HOPING AND WAITING 44

V. MISS DORY 48

VI. THE SERVICES 58

VII. COL. CROMPTON 66

VIII. THE CHILD OF THE CLEARING