BOOK I.

ROSE À CHARLITTE.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. VESPER L. NIMMO 11

II. A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD 21

III. FROM BOSTON TO ACADIE 28

IV. THE SLEEPING WATER INN 47

V. AGAPIT THE ACADIEN 67

VI. VESPER SUGGESTS AN EXPLANATION 82

VII. A DEADLOCK 90

VIII. ON THE SUDDEN SOMETHING ILL 98

IX. A TALK ON THE WHARF 108

X. BACK TO THE CONCESSION 122

XI. NEWS OF THE FIERY FRENCHMAN 138

XII. AN UNHAPPY RIVER 154

XIII. AN ILLUMINATION 161

XIV. WITH THE OLD ONES 178

XV. THE CAVE OF THE BEARS 196

XVI. FOR THE HONOR OF THEIR RACE 210

XVII. THE SUBLIMEST THING IN THE WORLD 222

XVIII. NARCISSE GOES IN SEARCH OF THE ENGLISHMAN 236

XIX. AN INTERRUPTED MASS 251

XX. WITH THE WATERCROWS 262

XXI. A SUPREME ADIEU 281