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Title: A Mountain Woman and Others

Author: (AKA Elia Wilkinson) Elia W. Peattie

Posting Date: October 23, 2008 [EBook #1877]
Release Date: September, 1998

Language: English

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Produced by Judy Boss

A MOUNTAIN WOMAN

By Elia Wilkinson Peattie

To

My best Friend, and kindest Critic,

My Husband.

Transcriber's Note: I have omitted signature designations and have
closed abbreviations, e.g., "do n't" becoming "don't," etc. In addition,
I have made the following changes to the text:

PAGE LINE ORIGINAL CHANGED TO
38 19 seem to seemed to
47 9 beafsteak beefsteak
56 4 divertisement divertissement
91 19 divertisement divertissement
155 17 scarfs. scarves.
169 20 scarfs, scarves,

FOREWORD.

MOST of the tales in this little book have been printed before. "A
Mountain Woman" appeared in Harper's Weekly, as did "The Three Johns"
and "A Resuscitation." "Jim Lancy's Waterloo" was printed in the
Cosmopolitan, "A Michigan Man" in Lippincott's, and "Up the Gulch" in
Two Tales. The courtesy of these periodicals in permitting the stories
to be republished is cordially acknowledged.

E. W. P.

Contents

A MOUNTAIN WOMAN

JIM LANCY'S WATERLOO

THE THREE JOHNS

A RESUSCITATION

TWO PIONEERS

UP THE GULCH

A MICHIGAN MAN

A LADY OF YESTERDAY

A Mountain Woman

IF Leroy Brainard had not had such a respect for literature, he would
have written a book.

As it was, he played at being an architect--and succeeded in being a
charming fellow. My sister Jessica never lost an opportunity of laughing
at his endeavors as an architect.

"You can build an enchanting villa, but what would you do with a
cathedral?"

"I shall never have a chance at a cathedral," he would reply. "And,
besides, it always seems to me so material a