I, THOU, AND THE OTHER ONE I, THOU, AND THE OTHER ONE A Love Story BY AMELIA E. BARR NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 1898 Copyright, 1898, By Dodd, Mead and Company. By Dodd, Mead and Company University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A. John Wilson and Son, Cambridge I, Thou, and the Other One 1CHAPTER FIRSTTHE ATHELINGS 1 THE ATHELINGS “The Land is a Land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven.” Beyond Thirsk and Northallerton, through the Cleveland Hills to the sea eastward, and by Roseberry Topping, northward, there is a lovely, lonely district, very little known even at the present day. The winds stream through its hills, as cool and fresh as living water; and whatever beauty there is of mountain, valley, or moorland, Farndale and Westerdale can show it; while no part of England is so rich in those picturesque manor-houses which have been the homes of the same families for twenty generations.