Stranded in Arcady   By: Francis Lynde (1856-1930)

Published by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

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STRANDED IN ARCADY

[Illustration: "No," said Prime soberly, "it was er it looks as if it might have been an aeroplane."]

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STRANDED IN ARCADY

BY

FRANCIS LYNDE

ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR E. BECHER

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK :::::::::: 1917

Copyright, 1917, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

Published May, 1917

[Illustration]

To L. A. H. L.

WHOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN SIMILAR FIELDS ARE MUCH MORE VERSATILE THAN LUCETTA'S THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED BY

"P D."

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE 1

II. AMATEUR CASTAWAYS 14

III. SENSIBLE SHOES 26

IV. IN THE NIGHT 38

V. A SECRET FOR ONE 45

VI. CANOEDLINGS 61

VII. ROULANT MA BOULE 76

VIII. CRACKING VENEERS 88

IX. SHIPWRECK 98

X. HORRORS 111

XI. "A CRACKLING OF THORNS" 120

XII. IN SEARCH OF AN ANCESTOR 128

XIII. AT CAMP COUSIN 145

XIV. OF THE NAME OF BANDISH 157

XV. JEAN BA'TISTE 169

XVI. MARCHONS! 180

XVII. ROOTS AND HERBS 191

XVIII. HEIGHTS AND DEPTHS 203

XIX. IN DURANCE VILE 214

XX. WATSON GRIDER 226

XXI. THE FAIRY FORTUNE 237

ILLUSTRATIONS

"No," said Prime soberly; "it was er it looks as if it might have been an aeroplane" Frontispiece

FACING PAGE

"Is it good?" she asked, when he had inhaled the first deep breath 52