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Title: A Lover in Homespun
And Other Stories

Author: F. Clifford Smith

Release Date: October 12, 2005 [EBook #16860]

Language: English

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A LOVER IN HOMESPUN

AND OTHER STORIES

BY

F. CLIFFORD SMITH

SECOND EDITION

TORONTO:
WILLIAM BRIGGS
29-33 Richmond St. West
MONTREAL: C.W. COATES. HALIFAX: S.F. HUESTIS.
PHILADELPHIA: HENRY ALTEMUS.
1896

ENTERED, according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, by WILLIAM BRIGGS, at the
Department of Agriculture.

To My Mother,

WHO HAS TAKEN SUCH A WARM AND LOVING
INTEREST IN MY LITERARY ENDEAVORS,

I DEDICATE

MY BOOK OF CANADIAN STORIES.

CONTENTS.

Page

A Lover in Homespun 7

The Faith that Removes Mountains 31

A Pair of Boots 50

A Prairie Episode 79

A Daughter of the Church 105

A Perilous Encounter 125

Le Loup-Garou 134

A Christmas Adventure 148

Narcisse's Friend 155

A Strange Presentiment 170

A Memorable Dinner 184

* * * * *

A Lover in Homespun.

Onesime Charest, farmer, of L'Orignal, was a happy man. As he drove
through the quaint little French-Canadian village, on his way to the
railway station, he was saluted by the villagers with much ceremony.

Everyone knew perfectly well just what it was that was taking farmer
Charest to the station this beautiful hazy afternoon. Over a week had
now elapsed since he received the letter from his son Zotique, in the
United States, saying he would be home on September 10th.

Before the important communication had been in the vil