Duncan Polite, the Watchman of Glenoro

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Mary Esther Miller MacGregor. Duncan Polite, the Watchman of Glenoro

Duncan Polite, the Watchman of Glenoro

Table of Contents

THE COVENANT

II

A MEMORABLE SABBATH

III

A WAR-MAKER AND A PEACE-MAKER

IV

THE SECOND JOHN McALPINE

V

A PASTORAL VISITATION

VI

THE FULFILMENT OF PROMISE

VII

A DISASTROUS PICNIC

VIII

BURSTING OF THE STORM

IX

THE PRESIDENT OF THE LADIES' AID SOCIETY

X

THE WATCHMAN'S DESPAIR

XI

COALS OF FIRE

XII

JESSIE

XIII

THE CANADIAN PATRIOTIC SOCIETY

XIV

DONALD'S RETURN

XV

THE SACRIFICE

XVI

THE COVENANT RENEWED

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Mary Esther Miller MacGregor

Published by Good Press, 2019

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The feeling was quite natural. To see an elder of the Presbyterian Church rushing along the public highway without his coat, on the Sabbath day, was sufficient to raise consternation in the breast of any Glenorian. Duncan's heart contracted with fear. "Is it the minister?" he asked tremulously, as the blacksmith came up to them, breathless.

Peter's ruddy face was pale beneath the tan. His eyes fell before the question as though he were guilty. "Aye, it's jist that," he said with simple sorrow; "I came for ye both."

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