The Cromptons By: Mary Jane Holmes (1825-1907)
First Page: POPULAR NOVELS BY MRS. MARY J. HOLMES. TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE. DARKNESS AND DAYLIGHTS. ENGLISH ORPHANS. HUGH WORTHINGTON. HOMESTEAD ON HILLSIDE. CAMERON PRIDE. 'LENA RIVERS. ROSE MATHER. MEADOW BROOK. ETHELYN'S MISTAKE. DORA DEANE. MILBANK. COUSIN MAUDE. EDNA BROWNING. MARIAN GREY. WEST LAWN. EDITH LYLE. MILDRED. DAISY THORNTON. FOREST HOUSE. CHATEAU D'OR. MADELINE. QUEENIE HETHERTON. CHRISTMAS STORIES. BESSIE'S FORTUNE. GRETCHEN. MARGUERITE. DR. HATHERN'S DAUGHTERS. MRS. HALLAM'S COMPANION. PAUL RALSTON. THE TRACY DIAMONDS. THE CROMPTONS. ( NEW ) "Mrs. Holmes is a peculiarly pleasant and fascinating writer. Her books are always entertaining, and she has the rare faculty of enlisting the sympathy and affections of her readers, and of holding their attention to her pages with deep and absorbing interest." Handsomely bound in cloth. Price, $1.00 each, and sent free by mail on receipt of price. G.W. Dillingham Co., Publishers, NEW YORK. [Illustration: "Here by this grave I promise all you ask." Page 39.] The Cromptons BY MARY J. HOLMES G.W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK COPYRIGHT 1899, 1901, By MRS. MARY J. HOLMES. All rights reserved. The Cromptons. Issued August, 1902. CONTENTS PART I CHAPTER PAGE I. THE STRANGER AT THE BROCK HOUSE 9 II. THE PALMETTO CLEARING 20 III. THE INTERVIEW 32 IV. HOPING AND WAITING 44 V. MISS DORY 48 VI. THE SERVICES 58 VII. COL. CROMPTON 66 VIII. THE CHILD OF THE CLEARING 80 IX. THE COLONEL AND JAKE 88 X. EUDORA 102 PART II I. HOWARD CROMPTON TO JACK HARCOURT 115 II. JACK HARCOURT TO HOWARD CROMPTON 122 III. ELOISE 127 IV. THE ACCIDENT 139 V. AMY 149 VI. AT MRS. BIGGS'S 160 VII. RUBY ANN PATRICK 178 VIII. MRS. BIGGS'S REMINISCENCES 189 IX. LETTER FROM REV. CHARLES MASON 199 X. PART SECOND OF REV. MR. MASON'S LETTER 211 XI. SUNDAY CALLS 218 XII. THE MARCH OF EVENTS 227 XIII. GETTING READY FOR THE RUMMAGE SALE 242 XIV. THE FIRST SALE 256 XV. AT THE RUMMAGE 261 XVI. THE AUCTION 271 PART III I. THE BEGINNING OF THE END 285 II. THE LITTLE RED CLOAK 294 III. ELOISE AT THE CROMPTON HOUSE 304 IV. THE SHADOW OF DEATH 315 V. LOOKING FOR A WILL 323 VI. IN FLORIDA 336 VII. IN THE PALMETTO CLEARING 342 VIII. THE LITTLE HAIR TRUNK 350 IX. WHAT HOWARD FOUND 362 X. HOWARD'S TEMPTATION 371 XI. CONCLUSION 379 Illustrations: "Here by this grave I promise all you ask." THE CROMPTONS PART I CHAPTER I THE STRANGER AT THE BROCK HOUSE The steamer "Hatty" which plied between Jacksonville and Enterprise was late, and the people who had come down from the Brock House to the landing had waited half an hour before a puff of smoke in the distance told that she was coming. There had been many conjectures as to the cause of the delay, for she was usually on time, and those who had friends on the boat were growing nervous, fearing an accident, and all were getting tired, when she appeared in the distance, the puffs of smoke increasing in volume as she drew nearer, and the sound of her whistle echoing across the water, which at Enterprise spreads out into a lake... Continue reading book >>

The Cromptons By: Mary Jane Holmes (1825-1907)

First Page:

POPULAR NOVELS

MRS. MARY J. HOLMES.

TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE. DARKNESS AND DAYLIGHTS. ENGLISH ORPHANS. HUGH WORTHINGTON. HOMESTEAD ON HILLSIDE. CAMERON PRIDE. 'LENA RIVERS. ROSE MATHER. MEADOW BROOK. ETHELYN'S MISTAKE. DORA DEANE. MILBANK. COUSIN MAUDE. EDNA BROWNING. MARIAN GREY. WEST LAWN. EDITH LYLE. MILDRED. DAISY THORNTON. FOREST HOUSE. CHATEAU D'OR. MADELINE. QUEENIE HETHERTON. CHRISTMAS STORIES. BESSIE'S FORTUNE. GRETCHEN. MARGUERITE. DR. HATHERN'S DAUGHTERS. MRS. HALLAM'S COMPANION. PAUL RALSTON. THE TRACY DIAMONDS. THE CROMPTONS. ( NEW )

"Mrs. Holmes is a peculiarly pleasant and fascinating writer. Her books are always entertaining, and she has the rare faculty of enlisting the sympathy and affections of her readers, and of holding their attention to her pages with deep and absorbing interest."

Handsomely bound in cloth. Price, $1.00 each, and sent free by mail on receipt of price.

G.W. Dillingham Co., Publishers, NEW YORK.

[Illustration: "Here by this grave I promise all you ask." Page 39.]

The Cromptons

MARY J. HOLMES

G.W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

By MRS. MARY J. HOLMES.

The Cromptons. Issued August, 1902.

CONTENTS

PART I

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE STRANGER AT THE BROCK HOUSE 9

II. THE PALMETTO CLEARING 20

III. THE INTERVIEW 32

IV. HOPING AND WAITING 44

V. MISS DORY 48

VI. THE SERVICES 58

VII. COL. CROMPTON 66

VIII. THE CHILD OF THE CLEARING 80

IX. THE COLONEL AND JAKE 88

X. EUDORA 102

PART II

I. HOWARD CROMPTON TO JACK HARCOURT 115

II. JACK HARCOURT TO HOWARD CROMPTON 122

III. ELOISE 127

IV. THE ACCIDENT 139

V. AMY 149

VI. AT MRS. BIGGS'S 160

VII. RUBY ANN PATRICK 178

VIII. MRS. BIGGS'S REMINISCENCES 189

IX. LETTER FROM REV. CHARLES MASON 199

X. PART SECOND OF REV. MR. MASON'S LETTER 211

XI. SUNDAY CALLS 218

XII. THE MARCH OF EVENTS 227

XIII. GETTING READY FOR THE RUMMAGE SALE 242

XIV. THE FIRST SALE 256

XV. AT THE RUMMAGE 261

XVI. THE AUCTION 271

PART III

I. THE BEGINNING OF THE END 285

II. THE LITTLE RED CLOAK 294

III. ELOISE AT THE CROMPTON HOUSE 304

IV. THE SHADOW OF DEATH 315

V. LOOKING FOR A WILL 323

VI. IN FLORIDA 336

VII. IN THE PALMETTO CLEARING 342

VIII. THE LITTLE HAIR TRUNK 350

IX. WHAT HOWARD FOUND 362

X. HOWARD'S TEMPTATION 371

XI. CONCLUSION 379

Illustrations:

"Here by this grave I promise all you ask."

THE CROMPTONS

PART I

CHAPTER I

THE STRANGER AT THE BROCK HOUSE

The steamer "Hatty" which plied between Jacksonville and Enterprise was late, and the people who had come down from the Brock House to the landing had waited half an hour before a puff of smoke in the distance told that she was coming. There had been many conjectures as to the cause of the delay, for she was usually on time, and those who had friends on the boat were growing nervous, fearing an accident, and all were getting tired, when she appeared in the distance, the puffs of smoke increasing in volume as she drew nearer, and the sound of her whistle echoing across the water, which at Enterprise spreads out into a lake... Continue reading book >>

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