A Young Mutineer

CONTENTS.


CHAPTER PAGE

I. AN OLD-FASHIONED LITTLE PAIR 1

II. THE PEOPLE WHO GET MARRIED 14

III. A QUESTION AND AN ANSWER 26

IV. CHANGES 36

V. IN A GARDEN 52

VI. THE EVE OF THE WEDDING 67

VII. A WEDDING PRESENT 82

VIII. HONEYMOON 91

IX. STARVED 101

X. WAITING 118

XI. HUSBAND AND WIFE 129

XII. HILDA'S ENGAGEMENT RING 149

XIII. JUDY'S ROOM 157

XIV. THE LITTLE RIFT 174

XV. THREE IS TRUMPERY 186

XVI. A LITTLE GIRL AND A LITTLE CROSS 195

XVII. JUDY'S SECRET 208

XVIII. GIANT-KILLER 224

XIX. GOOD OMENS 253




A YOUNG MUTINEER.

CHAPTER I

AN OLD-FASHIONED LITTLE PAIR.

Sun and shower--sun and shower--
Now rough, now smooth, is the winding way;
Thorn and flower--thorn and flower--
Which will you gather? Who can say?
Wayward hearts, there's a world for your winning,
Sorrow and laughter, love or woe:
Who can tell in the day's beginning
The paths that your wandering feet shall go?

--MARY MACLEOD.


The village choir were practicing in the church--their voices, somewhat
harsh and uncultivated, were sending forth volumes of sound into the
summer air. The church doors were thrown open, and a young man dressed
in cricketing-flannels was leaning against the porch. He was tall, and
square-shouldered, with closely-cropped dark hair, and a keen,
intelligent face.

When the music became very loud and discordant he moved impatiently, but
as the human voices ceased and the sweet notes of the voluntary sounded
in full melody on the little organ, a look of relief swept like a
soothing hand over his forehead.