Methuen's Colonial Library A SERIES of Copyright Books by eminent and popular Authors, published as far as pos· sible simultaneously with their appearance in England. They aTe of very handsome appearance, being printed on antique paper and bound tastefully in crimson paper or in cloth. They fall into Two Divisions-{I) Fiction; (2) General Literature FICTION Albanesl, E. M. Capes, Bernard SUSANNAH AND ONE OTHER THE EXTRAORDINARY CONFESSIONS OF CAPRICIOUS CARQLINP. DIANA PLEASE THE BLUNDER OF AN INNOCENT A ROGUB'S TRAGEDY LOVE AND LOUISA THE GREAT SKENE MVSTERY PETER A PARASITR THB LOVE STORY OF ST. BBL THE BROWN EyES OF MARY I KNOW A MAIDEN Carey, Wymond THE INVINCIBLE AMELIA LO\·E THE JUDCE Avellng; Francis Castle, Agnes and Egerton ARNOUL, THE ENGLISHMAN FLOWER 0' THE ORANGI:!. Charlton, Randal Bag~~o~!~~~~~BRY MAva THE PASSPORT THE VIRGIN WIDOW CASTING OF NETS DONNA DIANA Conrad, Joseph LOVE'S PROXY THE SECRET AGENT TEMPTATION A SET OF SIX ANTHONY CUTI-IBHRT Corelll, Marie Ball, Oona H. (Burke, Barbara) A ROMANCB OF TWo WORLDS THEIR OXFORD YEAR Illustrated VENDETIA THELMA Baring-Gould, S. ARDATH IN THE ROAR OF THE SBA THE SOUL OF LILITH URITH WORMWOOD TH E QUEEN OF LOVE BARABBAS MARGERY OF QUBTHER THE SORROWS OF SATAN KITIY ALONB THE MASTER·CHRISTIAN CHEAP JACK ZITA TEMPORAL POWER t\O~1.1I Illustrated Goo's GOOD MAN THE BROOM SQUIRE HOLY ORDERS THE PENNYCOMEQUICKS Boy: A Sketch PABO THE PRIRST IHustratect THE MIGHTY ATO:"lf WINEFRED Illustrated CAMEOS THE FROBISHBRS ROYAL GEORGIE Illustrated Cotterell, Constance CHRIS OF ALL SORTS THB VIRGIN AND THE SCALBS lIIustrated IN DawlsLANO Crane, Stephen, and Robert Barr Barnett, Edith A. THE O'RUDDY A WIl.DERNESS WINNER Crockett, S. R. Barr, James LOCHINVAR Illustrated LAUGHING THROUGH A WILDERNESS THE STANDARD BEARBR Barr, Robert Croker, B. M. IN THE MIDST OF ALARMS PEGGY OF THB BARTONS THE MUTABLE MANY A STATR SECRET THE COUNTESS TEKLA ANGEL THE TEMPESTUOUS PETTICOAT Illustrated JOHANNA THE HAPPY VALLEY Barrett, Wilson THE OLD CANTONMENT THE SIGN OF THE CROSS A NINE DAYS' WONDER THE NEVER·NEVER LAND KATHERINE TIrE ARROGANT Benson, E. F. Crosbie, Mary DODO DISCIPLES Birmingham, G. A. THE BAD TlilfES Dawson, Warrington SPANISH GOLD THE SCAR THE SCOURGR Burke, Barbara Deakin, Dorothea BARBARA GOES TO OXPORD Illustrated YOUNG COLUl\IBINH Caml'bell. Mrs. Yere l'ERRIEY Deane, Mary THB U rHER PAWN Methuen's Colonial Library FIe T I 0 N-oontinued Doyle, Sir A, Conan Hueifer, Ford Madox ROUND THE RED LAMP AN ENGLISH GIRL Dunoan, Sara J. MR. ApOLLO A VOYAGE OF CONSOLATION nlustrated Hutten, Baroness von THOSE DELIGHTFUL AMBRICANS THE HALO COUSIN CINDERELLA Hyne, C. J. Cutollffe PRINCE RUPERT THE BUCCANEBR IllU6. Eldr!~'f.~' p~~<:,~~eH~Js~e MR. HORROCKS, PURSER. Erskine, Mrs. Steuart Jaoobs, W. W. THE; MAGIC PLUMES MANY CARGOES SEA URCHINS Flndlater, Jane H. A MASTER OF CRAFT Illustrated THE. GREEN GRAVES OF BALGOWRJE LIGHT FREIGHTS Illustrated THE. LADDER TO THE STARS THE SKIPPER'S WOOING ODD CRAFT Illustrated Findlater, Mary AT SUNWICH PORT Illustrated THB RosE. OF JOY DIALSTONE LANE Illustrated A BLIND BIRD'S NEST THE LADY OF THE BARGE Illustrated Fl'ands, M. E. SALTHAVEN Illustrated STEPPING WEST\\, ARD MARGERY O' THE MILL HARDY·ON-THE-HrLL Ja~~E ~~~:lBowL Kester, Vaughan Fry, B. and C. B. THE FORTUNES OF THE LANDRAYS A MOTHBR'S SON La Queux, w. Fuller·Maitland, Mrs. THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW BLANCHE ESMBAD BEHIND THE THRONB Gerard, Dorothea THB CROOKED WAY THE. BRIDGE OF LIFE Levett.Veats, S. K; THE. IMPROBABLE. IDYL ORRAIN Gibbs, Philip London, Jaok THE: SPIRIT OF REVOLT WHITE FANG Glsslng, George Lubbook, B, THE. TOWN TRAVELLER DEEp SEA WARRIORS Illustrated THE CROWN OF LIFH GlanvUle, Ernest Lucas, E. V. THE KLOOF BRIDE Illustrated LISTENER'S LURE OVER BBMERTON'S Glelg, Charles BUNTER'S CRUISE Illustrated Lyall, Edna DERRICK VAUGHAN. NOVELIST Hamilton, M. Maartens, Maarten THE. FIRST CLAIM THB. NEW RELIGION Harraden, Beatrioe BROTHERS ALL IN VARYING MOODS THE SCHOLAR'S DAUGHTBR MoCarthy, Justin Huntly HILDA STRAFFORD THE. LADY OF LOYALTY HOUSE 1I1U5. INTERPLAY THE. DRYAD Illustrated THR DUKE'S MOTTO Hiohens, Robert S. BYRWAYS Maodonald, Ronald TONGUES OF CONSCtENCR A HUMAN TRINITY THR PROPHET OF BERKELEY SQUARE FELIX MaoNaughtan, S. THE WOMAN WITH THE FAN THB FORTUNE OF CHRISTINA M'NAB THE GARDEN OF ALLAH THE BLACK SP ANII!.L Malet, Luoas THE CALL OF THE BLOOD THE WAGES OF SIN BARBARY SHEEP THE CARISSIMA THE CATELESS BARRIBR Hope, Anthony A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION A MAN OF MARK COLONEL ENDERBY'S WIFE A CHANGB OF A1R THB HISTORY OF SIR RICHARD CALMADY THE GOD IN THE CAR THE. CHRONICLES OF COUNT ANTONIO Mann, Mary E. PHROSO Illustrated THR PARISH NURSB SIMON DALE lllustrated A WINTER'S TALB THE KING'S MIRROR ROSE AT HONRVPOT QUrSANTE THli. EGLAMORB PORTRAITS A SERVANT OF THE PUBLIC THE SHEEP AND THE COATS TALES OF Two PEOPLE Illustrated A SHEAF OF CORN THE GREAT MISS DRIVER THB HEART SMITER Methuen's Colonial Library FIe T ION-continued Marriott, Charles Pain, Barry GENEVRA LINDLEY KAYS THE GIFTED FAMILY Marsh, Richard THE TWICKENHAM PEBRAGE Parker, Sir GUbert, M.P. THE MARQUIS OF PUTNEY THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD IIlustrated THE GIRL AND THE MIRACLE WHRN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC THE COWARD BEHIND THE CURTAIN AN ADVENTURER OF THE NORTH THE SURPRISING HUSBAND PIERRE AND HIS PEOPLE. MRS. FALCHION Marshall, Archibald THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY Illustrated MANY JUNES THE POMP OF THE LAVILETTES THE BA TrLH OF THE STRONG Illustrated Mason, A. E. W. THE TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGB CLEMENTINA Illustrated NORTHERN LIGHTS Mathers, Helen Pemberton, Max GRIFF OF GRIPFITHSCOURT THE FOOTSTEPS OF A THRONE THE FERRYMAN I CROWN THEE KING Illustrated TALLY HOI LOVE THE HARVESTE.R Illustrated Maud, Constance Pett Ridge, W. A DAUGHTER OF FRANca SECRETARY TO BAYNE, M.P. A SON OF THB STATB Maxwell, W. B. LOST PROPERTY VIVIEN A BREAKER OF LAWS THE RAGGED MESSENGER MRS. GALER'S BUSINESS Illustrated FABULOUS FANCIES THa WrCKHAMsES THE GUARDED FLAME N AMB OF GARLAND ODD LENGTHS THE COUNTESS OF MAYBURY Phllipotts, Eden HILL RIS£ SONS OF THE MORNING Meade, L. T. CHILDREN OF THE MIST LYING PROPHETS DRIFT THE RIVER RESURGAJ\.:I VICTORY THE HUMAN Boy THE AMERICAN PRISONER THE SECRET WOMAN Melton, R. KNOCK AT A VENTURE CA!SAR'S \VIFB PORTRERVE THR POACHER'S WIFB Miller, Esther THB FOLK AFIELD LIVING LIM Plckthall, Marmaduke Mitford, Bertram SAID THE. FISHERMAN THR SIGN OF THE SpmRR Illustrated BRENDLE. THE RED DERELICT THR HOUSE OF ISLAM Montgomery, K. L. '2' COLONEL KATE THB WHITH WOLF THE. MAYOR OF TROY Morrison, Arthur MRRRY GARDEN TALES OF MEAN STREETS MAJOR VIGOURBUX A CHILD OF THB ]AGO To LONDON TOWN Rawson, Mrs. Stepney THE HOLE IN THE WALL THB ENCHANTED GARDEN DIVERS VANITIES THE EASY-GO-LUCKIBS Norris, W. E. Ritchie, Mrs. David G. HARRY AND URSULA MAN AND THE. CASSOCK Ollivant, Alfred Robins, Elizabeth OWD BOB, THE GREY DOG OF KENMUIR THE CONVERT Oppenheim, E. Phillips MASTER OF MEN Rosenkrantz, Baron THE MAGISTRATE'S OWN CASB Oxenham, John A WEAVER OF WEBS Russell, W. Clark THE GATE OF THE DESERT My DANISH S'WBETHEART lllustrated PROFIT AND Loss HIS ISLAND PRINCESS lUustrated THE LONG ROAD THE SONG OF HYACINTH Ryan, Marah Ellis My LADY OF SHADOWS FOR THB SOUL OF RAFAEL [For remainder of List see end tif Volum~ j!ltetbtteu's <!tolouial 'ibrar!! ROSE A CHARLITTE AN ACADIEN ROMANCE ROSE A CHARLITTE AN ACADIEN ROMANCE BY MARSHALL SAUNDERS METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET, W.e. LONDON 1899 Colonial Library mellicatian I inscribe this story of the Acadiens to one who was their warm friend and helper while administering the Public Systems of Educa­ tion in Nova Scotia and in New Brunswick, to a man whose classic verse is rich in sugges­ tion caught from the picturesque Evangeline land, and who is a valued and lifelong friend of my beloved father, - TO {l!:bcoIlore 1!latIling 1aanIl, m. ~, 1L. OF McMASTER UNIVERSITY TORONTO CONTENTS. BOOK 1. ROSE A CHARLITTE. CHArTER PAGB I. VESPER L. NIMMO I I II. A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD 21 III. FROM BOSTON TO ACADIE 28 IV. THE SLEEPING WATER INN V. AGAPIT THE ACADIEN VI. VESPER SUGGESTS AN EXPLANATION VII. A DEADLOCK VIII. ON THE SUDDEN SOMETHING ILL IX. A TALK ON THE WHARF X. BACK TO THE CONCESSION 12:'2 XI. NEWS OF THE FIERY FRENCHMAN XII. AN UNHAPPY RIVER XIII. AN ILLUMINATION XIV. WITH THE OLD ONES XV. THE CAVE OF THE BEARS XVI. FOR THE HONOR OF THEIR RACE 210 XVII. THE SUBLIMEST THING IN THE WORLD 222 XVIII. NARCISSE GOES IN SEARCH OF THE ENG- LISHMAN CONTENTS. PAGK CHAPTER XIX. AN INTERRUPTED MASS XX. WITH THE 'vVATERCROWS XXI. A SUPREME ADIEU 281 BOOK II. BIDIANE. I. A NEW ARRIVAL AT SLEEPING WATER 30 3 II. BIDIANE GOES TO CALL ON ROSE A CHARLITTE 3 19 Ill. TAKEN UNAWARES 334 IY. AN UNKNOWN IRRITANT 353 V. BIDIANE PLAYS AN OVERTURE 3 61 VI. A SNAKE IN THE GRASS INTERFERES WITH THE EDUCATION OF MIRABELLE MARIE 372 VII. GHOSTS BY SLEEPING WATER 386 VIII. FAIRE BO.\fBANCE 404 IX. LOVE AND POLITICS 419 X. A CAMPAIGN BEGUN IN BRIBERY 434 XI. WHAT ELECTION DAY BROUGHT FORTH. 45 I 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 BOOK I. ROSE A CHARLITTE ROSE A CHARLITTE. CHAPTER 1. VESPER L. NIMMO. " Hast committed a crime, and think'st thou to escape? Alas, my father!" - Old Play.