ROCKHAVEN BY CHARLES CLARK MUNN AUTHOR OF "POCKET ISLAND" AND "UNCLE TERRY" ILLUSTRATED BY FRANK T. MERRILL BOSTON LEE AND SHEPARD MCMII Published March, 1902. Published March Copyright, 1902, by Lee and Shepard. Copyright, 1902, by Lee and Shepard. All Rights Reserved. Rockhaven. Rockhaven. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Norwood Mass. U.S.A. To All WHO DESPISE HYPOCRISY AND DECEPTION WHO ADMIRE MANLY COURAGE AND WOMANLY DEVOTION WHOSE HEARTS YET VIBRATE TO THE CHORDS OF ROMANCE AND WHO RESPECT SIMPLE FAITH IN AND GRATITUDE TO GOD This Book is Respectfully Dedicated BY THE AUTHOR The Old Tide-mill. The Old Tide-mill. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. On Rockhaven CHAPTER II. Winn Hardy CHAPTER III. The Rockhaven Granite Company CHAPTER IV. Where the Sea-gulls come CHAPTER V. Jess Hutton CHAPTER VI. The Bud of a Romance CHAPTER VII. Sunday on Rockhaven CHAPTER VIII. The Hand of Fate CHAPTER IX. A Friendly Hand CHAPTER X. Mona Hutton CHAPTER XI. The Devil's Oven CHAPTER XII. The Parting of the Ways CHAPTER XIII. Wild Roses CHAPTER XIV. J. Malcolm Weston CHAPTER XV. A Matter of Business CHAPTER XVI. The Growth of a Bubble CHAPTER XVII. In the Path of