STORY OF A LOG CABIN 265

HAZEL-BROOK FARM 281

OLD RUFUS 301

THE DIAMOND RING 311

THE UNFORTUNATE MAN 323

THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE 329

ARTHUR SINCLAIR 335

THE SNOW STORM 355

THE NEW YEAR 361

EARNEST HARWOOD; OR, THE ADOPTED SON 367




CHAPTER I.

A SUDDEN BEREAVEMENT.


"Awake, my dear child, awake!" These were the words I heard: I started
up, gazing in a bewildered manner into the face of my mother, who had,