The human mind craves
novelty, and, perhaps, the reader will find it, after all, within
these pages.
C. F. P.
WIDEVIEW FARM, BELMONT, MASS. August, 1908.
CONTENTS
PREFACE
I. THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH
II. A DAY WITH THE GOVERNOR
III. A VACATION AT FERNBOROUGH
IV. THE HAWKINS HOUSE
V. 'ZEKE PETTINGILL'S FARM
VI. "JUST LIKE OLD TIMES"
VII. STROUT AND MAXWELL'S GROCERY
VIII. UNCLE IKE AND OTHERS
IX. A "STORY" SERMON
X. THE RAISED CHECK
XL. THE WRECK OF THE _ALTONIA_
XII. FERNBOROUGH HALL
XIII. "HORNABY HOOK"
XIV. AN AMERICAN HEIRESS
XV. AN ELOPEMENT
XVI. YOUNG QUINCY
XVII. HIS FATHER'S FRIENDS
XVIII. AN OLD STRIFE RENEWED
XIX. BOYHOOD TO MANHOOD
XX. MARY DANA
XXI. AT HARVARD
XXII. ALICE'S DREAM
XXIII. "BY THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE DANUBE"
XXIV. "WE THREE"
XXV. A PERIOD OF TWENTY-THREE YEARS
XXVI. "CATESSA"
XXVII. O. STROUT. FINE GROCIERIES
XXVIII. THE HOME COMING
XXIX. THE FINAL CONFLICT
XXX. TOM, JACK AND NED
XXXI. THE GREAT ISBURN RUBY
XXXII. "IT WAS SO SUDDEN"
The Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner
Folks
CHAPTER I
THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH
When the applause had subsided, Governor Sawyer began to speak.
"My Friends and Fellow Citizens: When I stood before the
representatives chosen by the people, and an audience composed of the
most eminent men and women in the State, and took the oath to support
the constitution of my native State and that of my country, my heart
was filled with what I deemed an honest pride.
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