The Project Gutenberg eBook, Up in Ardmuirland, by Michael BarrettThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.orgTitle: Up in ArdmuirlandAuthor: Michael BarrettRelease Date: January 4, 2006 [eBook #17453]Language: English***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK UP IN ARDMUIRLAND***E-text prepared by Al HainesUP IN ARDMUIRLANDbyREV. MICHAEL BARRETT, O.S.B.New York Cincinnati ChicagoBenziger BrothersPublishers of Benziger's Magazine1912Copyright, 1912, by Benziger BrothersCONTENTSCHAPTERI. PERSONAL II. MEMORIES III. ARCHIE IV. GOLDEN DREAMS V. "DOMINIE DICK" VI. BILDY VII. SMUGGLERS VIII. PHENOMENA IX. SPRING'S RETURN X.A RUSTIC PASTOR XI. A SPRIG OF SHAMROCK XII. PENNYUP IN ARDMUIRLANDIPERSONAL Forest and meadow and hill, and the steel-blue rim of the ocean Lying silent and sad, in the afternoon shadows and sunshine. (Longfellow—"Miles Standish")Val and I, being twins, have always been looked upon as inseparables. True, we have been often forced apart duringlife's course; yet, somehow, we have always managed to drift back again into the old companionship which Natureseems to have intended in bringing us into the world together.Boyhood and youth, as long as school life lasted, slipped by with never a parting. The crux came when we were ...
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