'Lena Rivers

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Mary Jane Holmes. 'Lena Rivers

'Lena Rivers

Table of Contents

PREFACE

M. J. H

LENA RIVERS

CHAPTER I

'LENA

"H. RIVERS."

CHAPTER II

JOHN

CHAPTER III

PACKING UP

CHAPTER IV

ON THE ROAD

CHAPTER V

MAPLE GROVE

CHAPTER VI

THE ARRIVAL

CHAPTER VII

MALCOLM EVERETT

CHAPTER VIII. SCHEMING

CHAPTER IX

FIVE YEARS LATER

CHAPTER X

MR. AND MRS. GRAHAM

CHAPTER XI

WOODLAWN

CHAPTER XII

MRS. GRAHAM AT HOME

CHAPTER XIII

MABEL

CHAPTER XIV

NELLIE AND MABEL

CHAPTER XV

MRS. LIVINGSTONE'S CALLS AND THEIR RESULT

CHAPTER XVI

CHRISTMAS GIFTS

CHAPTER XVII

FRANKFORT

CHAPTER XVIII

THE DEPARTURE

CHAPTER XIX

THE VISIT

CHAPTER XX

A FATHER'S LOVE

CHAPTER XXI

JOEL SLOCUM

CHAPTER XXII

THE DAGUERREOTYPE

CHAPTER XXIII

THE LETTER AND ITS EFFECT

CHAPTER XXIV

JOHN JR. AND MABEL

CHAPTER XXV

THE BRIDAL

CHAPTER XXVI

MARRIED LIFE

CHAPTER XXVII

THE SHADOW

CHAPTER XXVIII

MRS. GRAHAM'S RETURN

CHAPTER XXIX

ANNA AND CAPTAIN ATHERTON

CHAPTER XXX

THE RESULT

CHAPTER XXXI

MORE CLOUDS

"'LENA'S LAST GOOD-BYE"

CHAPTER XXXII

REACTION

CHAPTER XXXIII

THE WANDERER

CHAPTER XXXIV

'LENA'S FATHER

"DURWARD."

CHAPTER XXXV

EXCITEMENT AT MAPLE GROVE

CHAPTER XXXVI

ARRIVAL AT WOODLAWN

CHAPTER XXXVII

DURWARD

CHAPTER XXXVIII

CONCLUSION

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Mary Jane Holmes

Published by Good Press, 2019

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Unlike her grandmother's, 'Lena's dress was a great deal too long, and as she never wore pantalets, she had the look of a premature old woman, instead of a child ten summers old, as she was. Still the uncommon beauty of her face, and the natural gracefulness of her form, atoned in a measure for the singularity of her appearance.

In the doorway stood Miss Nancy, and by her side her nephew, Joel Slocum, a freckle-faced boy, who had frequently shown a preference for 'Lena, by going with her for her grandmother's cow, bringing her harvest apples, and letting her ride on his sled oftener than the other girls at school. Strange to say, his affection was not returned, and now, notwithstanding he several times wiped both eyes and nose, on the end of which there was an enormous freck, 'Lena did not relent at all, but with a simple "Good-bye, Jo," she sprang into the wagon, which moved rapidly away.

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