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MRS. MARY J. HOLMES.

TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE. DARKNESS AND DAYLIGHTS. ENGLISH ORPHANS. HUGH WORTHINGTON. HOMESTEAD ON HILLSIDE. CAMERON PRIDE. 'LENA RIVERS. ROSE MATHER. MEADOW BROOK. ETHELYN'S MISTAKE. DORA DEANE. MILBANK. COUSIN MAUDE. EDNA BROWNING. MARIAN GREY. WEST LAWN. EDITH LYLE. MILDRED. DAISY THORNTON. FOREST HOUSE. CHATEAU D'OR. MADELINE. QUEENIE HETHERTON. CHRISTMAS STORIES. BESSIE'S FORTUNE. GRETCHEN. MARGUERITE. DR. HATHERN'S DAUGHTERS. MRS. HALLAM'S COMPANION. PAUL RALSTON. THE TRACY DIAMONDS. THE CROMPTONS. (_NEW_)

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The Cromptons

BY

MARY J. HOLMES

G.W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT 1899, 1901,

By MRS. MARY J. HOLMES.

_All rights reserved._

_The Cromptons. Issued August, 1902._

CONTENTS

PART I

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE STRANGER AT THE BROCK HOUSE 9

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