Cousin Maude

Thoughts of Maude Glendower and mementos of Harry Remington meeting

together at Matty's coffin! Alas, that such should be our life!

Underneath the willows, and by the side of Katy, was Matty laid to

rest, and then the desolate old house seemed doubly desolate--Maude

mourning truly for her mother, while the impulsive Nellie, too, wept

bitterly for one whom she had really loved. To the doctor, however,

a new feeling had been born, and in the society of his son he found

a balm for his sorrow, becoming ere long, to all outward appearance,

the same exacting, overbearing man he had been before. The blows are

hard and oft repeated which break the solid rock, and there will

come a time when that selfish nature shall be subdued and broken

down; but 'tis not yet--not yet.

And now, leaving him a while to himself, we will pass on to a period

when Maude herself shall become in reality the heroine of our story.