E-text prepared by Janet Keller, D. Alexander, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) SEVEN MILES TO ARDEN BY RUTH SAWYER AUTHOR OF The Primrose Ring ILLUSTRATED HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK & LONDON SEVEN MILES TO ARDEN Copyright, 1915, 1916, by The Curtis Publishing Company Copyright, 1915, 1916, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the United States of America Published April, 1916 Books by Books by RUTH SAWYER SEVEN MILES TO ARDEN. Illustrated. Post 8vo THE PRIMROSE RING. Illustrated. Post 8vo HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK (See page 220) “Where twin oaks rustle in the wind There waits a lad for Rosalind” (See page 220) to HIMSELF to HIMSELF It leads away, at the ring o’ day,