UNCLE TERRY

A Story of the Maine Coast

BY CHARLES CLARK MUNN

Author of "Pocket Island"

ILLUSTRATED BY HELENA HIGGINBOTHAM

BOSTON
LEE AND SHEPARD
M C M

Copyright, 1900, by Lee and Shepard

All rights reserved

Rockwell and Churchill Press

BOSTON, U.S.A.

To
THOSE WHO LOVE TO WANDER OVER GREEN MEADOWS,
ALONG MIRTHFUL BROOKS,
OR BENEATH FOREST TREES WHERE THE BIRDS
DWELL, OR FIND CONTENT ON LONELY
SHORES AND MUSIC IN THE
OCEAN'S VOICE,
This book is respectfully dedicated
BY THE AUTHOR

The Home of Uncle Terry

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. A Waif of the Sea
CHAPTER II. Uncle Terry
CHAPTER III. Two Orphans
CHAPTER IV. A Spider in His Den
CHAPTER V. Ways that are Dark
CHAPTER VI. A Push Downward
CHAPTER VII. A Sermon
CHAPTER VIII. A Helping Hand
CHAPTER IX. Sharp Practice
CHAPTER X. Amid the Green Mountains
CHAPTER XI. By the Fireside
CHAPTER XII. A Country Schoolma'am
CHAPTER XIII. Southport Island
CHAPTER XIV. A Legalized Pickpocket
CHAPTER XV. The Value of Good Example
CHAPTER XVI. Sweet Alice
CHAPTER XVII. A By-way Schoolhouse
CHAPTER XVIII. Village Gossip
CHAPTER XIX. Plots and Plans
CHAPTER XX. A Pair of Blue Eyes
CHAPTER XXI. A New Client
CHAPTER XXII. Uncle Terry's Guest
CHAPTER XXIII. A Strange Story
CHAPTER XXIV. A Whisper of the Ocean
CHAPTER XXV. The "Gypsy" Returns
CHAPTER XXVI. The Miser in His Den
CHAPTER XXVII. In Shady Woods
CHAPTER XXVIII. Where the Lilies Grow
CHAPTER XXIX. A Friend at Court
CHAPTER XXX. Nemesis
CHAPTER XXXI. The Glad Hand
CHAPTER XXXII. The Demnition Grind