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[Illustration: MARGARET MONTFORT.]

MARGARET MONTFORT

BY

LAURA E. RICHARDS

AUTHOR Of "CAPTAIN JANUARY," "MELODY,"
"QUEEN HILDEGARDE," ETC.

Illustrated by

ETHELDRED B. BARRY

[Illustration]

BOSTON
DANA ESTES & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

_Copyright, 1898_
BY DANA ESTES & COMPANY

Colonial Press

Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, U.S.A.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. PRESENT AND ABSENT 11

II. DOMESTIC 25

III. THE UNEXPECTED 44

IV. THE TRIALS OF MARGARET 61

V. A NEW TYPE 77

VI. A LESSON IN GEOGRAPHY 96

VII. THE DAUNTLESS THREE 114

VIII. THE FIRST CONQUEST 129

IX. A NEWCOMER 145

X. "I MUST HELP MYSELF" 164

XI. THE SECOND CONQUEST 179

XII. THE VOICE OF FERNLEY 195

XIII. WHO DID IT? 212

XIV. BLACK SPIRITS AND WHITE 231

XV. A DEPARTURE 249

XVI. PEACE 264

ILLUSTRATIONS.