By

    Edith Van Dyne

    Author of

    "Aunt Jane's Nieces Series"

   Frontispiece by

    J. Allen St. John

    Copyright, 1916

    by

    The Reilly & Britton Co.

    Mary Louise in the Country

   CONTENTS

     CHAPTER I

   THE ARRIVAL

   "Is this the station, Gran'pa Jim?" inquired a young girl, as the train began to slow up.

   "I think so, Mary Louise," replied the handsome old gentleman addressed.

   "It does look very promising, does it?" she continued, glancing eagerly out of the window.

   "The station? No, my dear; but the station isn't Cragg's Crossing, you know; it is merely the nearest railway point to our new home."

   The conductor opened their drawing-room door.

   "The next stop is Chargrove, Colonel," he said.

   "Thank you."

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