ADÈLE DUBOIS:

A Story

OF THE

LOVELY MIRAMICHI VALLEY,

IN

NEW BRUNSWICK.

LORING, Publisher,

319 WASHINGTON STREET,

BOSTON.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by

A.K. LORING,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

ROCKWELL & ROLLINS,

PRINTERS AND STEREOTYPERS, 122 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON.

CONTENTS

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• CHAPTER I.       THE DUBOIS HOUSE. 7
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• CHAPTER II.      MRS. M'NAB 17
  
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• CHAPTER III.     MR. NORTON. 26
  
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• CHAPTER IV.      MICAH MUMMYCHOG 35
  
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• CHAPTER V.       MRS. LANSDOWNE. 43
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• CHAPTER VI.      "JOHN, DEAR". 49
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• CHAPTER VII.     A JOURNEY THROUGH THE WILDERNESS. 55
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• CHAPTER VIII.    A FUNERAL. 63
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• CHAPTER IX.      ADÈLE DUBOIS. 70
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• CHAPTER X.       PICARDY. 81
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• CHAPTER XI.      MR. BROWN. 95
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• CHAPTER XII.     A CASE OF CONSCIENCE. 106
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• CHAPTER XIII.    THE GROVE. 116
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• CHAPTER XIV.     JOHN AND CÆSAR. 124
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• CHAPTER XV.      TRAVELLING IN NEW BRUNSWICK. 129
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• CHAPTER XVI.     THE FLOWER UNFOLDING. 134
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• CHAPTER XVII.    THE DEER HUNT. 137
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• CHAPTER XVIII.   THE PERSECUTION. 150
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• CHAPTER XIX.     THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. 158
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• CHAPTER XX.      MR. LANSDOWNE SUBMITS TO THE INEVITABLE. 164
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• CHAPTER XXI.     TROUBLED HEARTS. 170
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• CHAPTER XXII.    A MEMORABLE EVENT. 179
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• CHAPTER XXIII.   THE SEPARATION. 193
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• CHAPTER XXIV.    CHATEAU DE ROSSILLON. 197
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• CHAPTER XXV.     THE LAST SLEEP. 213
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• CHAPTER XXVI.    POMPEII. 218
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• CHAPTER XXVII.   CONCLUSION. 227

CHAPTER I.

THE DUBOIS HOUSE.

"Well, verily, I didn't expect to find anything like this, in such a wild region", said Mr. Norton, as he settled himself comfortably in a curiously carved, old-fashioned arm-chair, before the fire that blazed cheerily on the broad hearth of the Dubois House. "'Tis not a Yankee family either", added he, mentally. "Everything agreeable and tidy, but it looks unlike home. It is an Elim in the