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  BOOKS BY FRANCIS LYNDE

  Published by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

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  STRANDED IN ARCADY. Illustrated. 12mo _net_ $1.35

  AFTER THE MANNER OF MEN. Illustrated. 12mo _net_ $1.35

  THE REAL MAN. Illustrated. 12mo _net_ $1.35

  THE CITY OF NUMBERED DAYS. Illustrated. 12mo _net_ $1.35

  THE HONORABLE SENATOR SAGEBRUSH. 12mo _net_ $1.35

  SCIENTIFIC SPRAGUE. Illustrated. 12mo _net_ $1.35

  THE PRICE. 12mo _net_ $1.35

  THE TAMING OF RED BUTTE WESTERN Illustrated. 12mo _net_ $1.35

  THE KING OF ARCADIA. Illustrated. 12mo _net_ $1.35

  A ROMANCE IN TRANSIT. 16mo _net_ .75

  STRANDED IN ARCADY

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  STRANDED IN ARCADY

  BY

  FRANCIS LYNDE

  _ILLUSTRATED BY_ ARTHUR E. BECHER

  CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS NEW YORK :::::::::: 1917

  Copyright, 1917, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

  Published May, 1917

 

  To L. A. H. L.

  WHOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN SIMILAR FIELDS ARE MUCH MORE VERSATILE THAN _LUCETTA'S_ THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED BY

  "P-D."

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE

  I. THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE 1

  II. AMATEUR CASTAWAYS 14

  III. SENSIBLE SHOES 26

  IV. IN THE NIGHT 38

  V. A SECRET FOR ONE 45

  VI. CANOEDLINGS 61

  VII. _ROULANT MA BOULE_ 76

  VIII. CRACKING VENEERS 88

  IX. SHIPWRECK 98

  X. HORRORS 111

  XI. "A CRACKLING OF THORNS" 120

  XII. IN SEARCH OF AN ANCESTOR 128

  XIII. AT CAMP COUSIN 145

  XIV. OF THE NAME OF BANDISH 157

  XV. JEAN BA'TISTE 169

  XVI. _MARCHONS!_ 180

  XVII. ROOTS AND HERBS 191

  XVIII. HEIGHTS AND DEPTHS 203

  XIX. IN DURANCE VILE 214

  XX. WATSON GRIDER 226

  XXI. THE FAIRY FORTUNE 237