THE MILLER OF SILCOTT MILL. A Novel.
BYMRS. DARRINGTON DESLONDE.
NEW WORK: G. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers. LONDON: LOW & CO.
MDCCCLXXV.COPYRIGHT, 1875, BY G. W. CARLETON & CO. JOHN F. TROW & SON, PRINTERS AND STEREOTYPERS, 205-213 East 12th St., NEW YORK.
TO
MY VALUED FRIEND,
THE LEARNED AND VENERABLE
ALEXANDER DIMITRY,
THIS WORK IS DEDICATED.
ALL WHO KNOW HIM
WILL COMPREHEND THE GRATEFUL PRIDE WITH WHICH
I INSCRIBE TO HIM THIS LOVING MEMORIAL.
CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I. The Miller of Silcott Mill. 9
- CHAPTER II. The Miller of Silcott Mill. 16
- CHAPTER III. Ralph Fenton, of Baywood. 23
- CHAPTER IV. Silas Croft's Vengeance. 32
- CHAPTER V. Sarah. 39
- CHAPTER VI. "One of Silence and Reserve." 48
- CHAPTER VII. Croft Farm Must be Left. 52
- CHAPTER VIII. The Next Morning. 58
- CHAPTER IX. The Will. 64
- CHAPTER X. Lydia Visits Mrs. Cairn. 73
- CHAPTER XI. Mr. Amerland Visits the Farm. 84
- CHAPTER XII. The Dawning of the New Life. 93
- CHAPTER XIII. What Mrs. Cairn Says. 107
- CHAPTER XIV. Mrs. Drofflum is introduced. 115
- CHAPTER XV. Mr. J. St. George Earle. 125
- CHAPTER XVI. Shall I Like Her?
- CHAPTER XVII. Allan goes to the Forest. 149
- CHAPTER XVIII. "I Wonder if this is the Miller of Silcott Mill?" 158
- CHAPTER XIX. Monseigneur S'Amuse. 165
- CHAPTER XX. "She is coming, My Own, My Sweet." 178
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- CHAPTER XXI. Allan sees Trouble Ahead. 183
- CHAPTER XXII. How Sibyl passed the Night. 195
- CHAPTER XXIII. By the Mill. 209
- CHAPTER XXIV. An Humble Personage. 215
- CHAPTER XXV. Mother and Son. 225
- CHAPTER XXVI. The Meeting. 239
- CHAPTER XXVII. Dr. Lavergne. 249
- CHAPTER XXVIII. Danger Ahead. 256
- CHAPTER XXIX. The Fatal Disclosure to Lydia. 266
- CHAPTER XXX. How Mrs. Von Tagen Discovered the Letters. 275
- CHAPTER XXXI. Sibyl Earle leaves the Forest. 280
- CHAPTER XXXII. The Strange Lodgers at Tim Dennison's. 286
- CHAPTER XXXIII. What Tim Dennison said. 295
- CHAPTER XXXIV. Dr. Lavergne's Patient. 301
- CHAPTER XXXV. A Night's Work. 311
- CHAPTER XXXVI. He Yearned to see her Face again. 317
- CHAPTER XXXVII. Allan's Visitors. 327
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. Miss Ellerslie Speaks. 331
- CHAPTER XXXIX. The Return to Baywood. 341
- CHAPTER XL. The Widow Silcott. 345
- CHAPTER XLI. Sarah's Confession. 355
- CHAPTER XLII. Jack Strong Takes a Journey. 367
- CHAPTER XLIII. Jack becomes Famous. 374
- CHAPTER XLIV. The Master of Baywood. 378