BOOK II.

BIDIANE.

I. A NEW ARRIVAL AT SLEEPING WATER 303

II. BIDIANE GOES TO CALL ON ROSE À CHARLITTE 319

III. TAKEN UNAWARES 334

IV. AN UNKNOWN IRRITANT 353

V. BIDIANE PLAYS AN OVERTURE 361

VI. A SNAKE IN THE GRASS INTERFERES WITH THE EDUCATION OF MIRABELLE MARIE 372

VII. GHOSTS BY SLEEPING WATER 386

VIII. FAIRE BOMBANCE 404

IX. LOVE AND POLITICS 419

X. A CAMPAIGN BEGUN IN BRIBERY 434

XI. WHAT ELECTION DAY BROUGHT FORTH 451

XII. BIDIANE FALLS IN A RIVER 463

XIII. CHARLITTE COMES BACK 474

XIV. BIDIANE RECEIVES A SHOCK 483

XV. THE BEAUTIFUL STRANGER GOES AWAY WITHOUT HER CAPTAIN 499

XVI. AN ACADIEN FESTIVAL 506

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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"ROSE À CHARLITTE STOOD CONFRONTING THE NEWCOMER" _Frontispiece_

"THEY WERE FRIENDS" 60

"'AGAPIT,' SHE MURMURED, 'CAN WE NOT TELL HIM?'" 229

"'MADEMOISELLE, I SALUTE YOUR RETURN'" 311

"'EITHER THAT MAN OR I MUST LEAVE THIS HOUSE'" 409

"THROWING HER ARM AROUND THE NECK OF HER RECOVERED CHILD" 513