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Title: A Singer from the Sea

Author: Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

Release Date: September 4, 2009 [EBook #29909]

Language: English

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A SINGER FROM THE SEA

by
AMELIA E. BARR

AUTHOR OF "JAN VEDDER'S WIFE," "THE BOW OF ORANGE RIBBON," "FRIEND
OLIVIA," ETC., ETC.

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1893, by
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY.

_All rights reserved._

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I. DENAS PENELLES 1
II. OH, THE PITY OF IT! 22
III. THE COTTAGE BY THE SEA 41
IV. THE SEED OF CHANGE 59
V. WHAT SHALL BE DONE FOR ROLAND? 77
VI. ELIZABETH AND DENAS 95
VII. IS THERE ANY SORROW LIKE LOVING? 115
VIII. A SEA OF SORROW 138
IX. A PIECE OF MONEY AND A SONG 161
X. A VISIT TO ST. PENFER 181
XI. FATHERLY AND MOTHERLY 199
XII. A COWARDLY LOVE 225
XIII. DEATH IS DAWN 251
XIV. SORROW BRINGS US ALL HOME 272
XV. ONLY FRIENDS 295
XVI. THE "DARLING DENAS" 314
XVII. DENAS 331

A SINGER FROM THE SEA.

CHAPTER I.

DENAS PENELLES.

"'Tell me, my old friend, te