XIV. THE DARK HOUR XV. THE NEW MISTRESS AT LAUREL HILL XVI. THE BLIND GIRL XVII. NELLIE°S BRIDAL NIGHT XVIII. COUSIN MAUDE XIX. A SECOND BRIDAL XX. THE SEXTON XXI. HOME AGAIN
CHAPTER I.
DR. KENNEDY.
"If you please, marm, the man from York State is comin' afoot. Too stingy to ride, I'll warrant," and Janet, the housekeeper, disappeared from the parlor, just as the sound of the gate was heard, and an unusually fine-looking middle-aged man was seen coming up the box-lined walk which led to the cottage door.
The person thus addressed was a lady, whose face, though young and